[ RadSafe ] [ RadSafe Life's lottery

[Steven Dapra]

May 16

         What's this?  Free association, blank verse, "real scientist," poetry?

Steven Dapra


At 04:47 AM 5/16/2011, you wrote:
>Tungsten particles, nevada fallout
>Chris
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: radsafe-bounces at agni.phys.iit.edu on behalf of Fred Dawson GoogleMail
>Sent: Mon 16/05/2011 08:21
>To: 'Jerry Cohen'; 'The International Radiation Protection (Health 
>Physics)     Mailing List'
>Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] [ RadSafe Life's lottery
>
>Because people feel a need to attribute blame or fault as they cannot accept
>that chance plays a significant part in their misfortune. To a certain
>extent this perception is reinforced by lawyers engaged in claims farming
>and scepticism of main stream science views on issues such as radiation and
>the risk of cancer
>
>Fred Dawson
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
>[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Jerry Cohen
>Sent: 16 May 2011 03:04
>To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] [ RadSafe Life's lottery
>
>
>
>Why is it that it is so difficult for most people to accept that many their
>misfortunes are
>
>the result of random events and, that they are simply losers in "life's
>lottery"? If there was a nuclear power plant located near Fallon, they would
>
>likely "know" the cause of the leukemia.
>
>________________________________
>From: Steven Dapra <sjd at swcp.com>
>To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
><radsafe at agni.phys.iit.edu>
>Sent: Sun, May 15, 2011 6:31:08 PM
>Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] How can you explain cancer clusters?
>
>May 15
>
>         The leukemia cluster a few years ago in and around Fallon, NV, was
>investigated to a fare-thee-well with no conclusive results.
>
>Steven Dapra
>
>
>At 03:17 PM 5/15/2011, you wrote:
> > I have a reprint somewhere from the Journal of Pediatrics; a 1968 study of
>
> >clusters of childhood leukemia in Los Angeles.  They found 7 clusters,
>randomly
> >distributed.  Researchers concluded that cluster studies were NOT worth
> >persuing.
> >
> >
> > Joel Cehn, CHP