[ RadSafe ] [ RadSafe Life's lottery

[RADPROJECT - SAF]

Forget, "One can short of a six-pack", or the "CPU is not connected to the  
bus", or "half-a bubble off from plumb".

The latest missive:

"Tungsten particles
Nevada fallout"

is "one line short of a haiku"
:-)
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On Mon, 16 May 2011 08:17:33 -0400, Steven Dapra <sjd at swcp.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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