[ RadSafe ] Fwd: Communicating with the public and the press

[Chris Alston]

Prof. Otto

For the same reasons, I personally prefer the phrase "residual
activity" to the term "contamination".  Out of curiosity, do you know
what Ray Johnson recommends for terminology, in this context?

Cheers
cja


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From: Otto G. Raabe <ograabe at ucdavis.edu>
Date: Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 3:32 PM
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Communicating with the public and the press
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A MESSAGE FROM THE PAST:

August  18, 2008

When speaking with the public, Congress, or the press, there are two
four-letter words that we should carefully avoid: "RISK" and "DOSE".

To the public these words mean and imply very different negative ideas
than what we intend. We can substitute "CHANCE" and "LEVELS" to
replace them.

This is the "risk communication" message we need to deliver:

"Low levels of ionizing radiation are not hazardous, not dangerous,
and not a threat! "

Otto


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