[ RadSafe ] Chernobyl Radiation Killed Nearly One Million People:New Book - NYAS Review?

[Edmond Baratta]

I have a question, who in the NYAS reviewed it?  I thought they were a 
'scientific' organization'.  It appears they have become political one.

Ed Baratta

edmond0033 at comcast.net

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From: "Leo M. Lowe" <llowe at senes.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 8:26 AM
To: <radsafe at agni.phys.iit.edu>
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Chernobyl Radiation Killed Nearly One Million 
People:New Book - NYAS Review?

> Hello,
>
> Since the book on Chernobyl strongly contradicts the "mainstream" reports 
> on Chernobyl (e.g. WHO, UNSCEAR), and is according to other messages on 
> Radsafe based on junk science (which I don't argue against), why was it 
> then published by the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS)?  What type of 
> review or oversight does the NYAS perform before publication?
>
> This book has received wide coverage in the general press, and is being 
> heavily promoted by those wishing to stop nuclear power.  The prestige of 
> the NYAS gives credence to the book.    Should the NYAS be asked to 
> comment?
>
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