[ RadSafe ] Sternglass => Mangano scaremongering =>was:RE:Sci.Am. about Fukushima and US Pacific NW infant mortality

[Jeff Terry]

Wikipedia is a tough one. I always tell my students that Wikipedia is not a reference but that it often is a good place to find real references. 

That said for scientific concepts it is usually quite reliable for people not so much. 

Jeff



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On Jul 11, 2011, at 4:05 AM, "Busby, Chris" <C.Busby at ulster.ac.uk> wrote:

> Are we allowed to use wikipedia as a source?
> Dont believe its peer reviewed. I mean my own entry changes by the day as any person can (and does) hack into me. I have not changed anything in my entry in Wikipedia, it is a kind of battlefield.
> I mean, I could start using www.llrc.org or www.greenaudit.org, or www.euradcom.org or www.bsrrw.org as references.
> For myself i dont really mind but if we are having rules about assertioons and citations then maybe there should be some guidelines. 
> Moderator?
> Chris
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at agni.phys.iit.edu on behalf of Steven Dapra
> Sent: Sun 10/07/2011 22:44
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> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Sternglass => Mangano scaremongering =>was:RE:Sci.Am. about Fukushima and US Pacific NW infant    mortality
> 
> July 10
> 
>    Wikipedia's entry on Sternglass is revealing.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Sternglass
> 
>    In particular, read "Critical Responses" (for Alice Stewart's 
> comments of an aspect of Sternglass), and "Three  Mile Island," for 
> other criticisms (including one from Arthur Tamplin, of all people).
> 
>    On July 7th I wrote that over this weekend I would examine some 1969 
> proceedings at Hanford where Sternglass, spoke and report to RADSAFE 
> on what he said.  For reasons beyond my control it will be sometime 
> this week before I can make good on this.
> 
> Steven Dapra
> 
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