[ RadSafe ] Why I am not receiving messages

Mon Sep 10 17:30:56 CDT 2018

All,
Ahh yes Chris Busby, and remember all the depleted uranium discussions.  Doug Rocca is another misguided “scientist” that prompted many threads and very lively debate. I learned a great deal from Franz, Sandy, and many other contributors to this list.

David Englehart MS
Midwest Medical Physics Services

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> On Sep 10, 2018, at 5:13 PM, Parthasarathy K S <ksparth at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear Sandy,
> 
> I recall  the very useful and at times controversial contributions of Franz
> Schoenhofer  to the list. He was very active. He always called a spade a
> spade!. I recall that your were posting photographs which were unique, real
> visual treats! I particularly recall the photos you sent after I He preRPA
> 10 from Hiroshima . I attended it as I was then the President of IARP, an
> Associate Society of IRPA.
> 
> I had  a very pleasant surprise. I met  Dr Alan Brodsky purely by accident.
> While I started my profession as a radiation safety professional I have
> heard about him and his work. During IRPA 10, we discovered that  we have
> common interests. We were found attending the same parallel sessions! He
> asked me about my professional and academic  background. He gifted me his
> book describing his seminal work on Uranium and its toxicity. We exchanged
> messages later for a long time.
> 
> He told me the background in which Dr Alice Stewart came to  US,
> collaborated with Thomas Mancuso and carried out some interesting work
> which if my memory serves me right was the epidemiology of workers at
> Hanford site.
> 
> https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/03/us/scientist-who-managed-to-shock-the-world-on-atomic-workers-health.html
> 
> I always considered it  a strange coincidence the way Alice Stewart and K Z
> Morgan  transformed into ultra conservative radiation protectionists and
> moved away from the main stream. I had a fascination for historical
> developments in science. I recall writing a letter to the Editor in* Health
> Physics* requesting  pioneers such as Lauritston Taylor of the bygone era
> to write about the early years just to record their trials and tribulations
> while they developed health physics and radiation protection into a
> respectable scientific profession.
> 
> Yes we must revive the old spirit with which we used to contribute to the
> *radsafe* list. I  gratefully remember the contributions of people like
> you. The latest story I heard was about Dr Chris Busby now publishing his
> "ancient"  work in some obscure journals published from India . Mind you we
> have a few hundreds. We have in India an enterprising crop of  publishers
> who run successful "peer reviewed" journals helping those who wanted to
> publish their "work"
> 
> warm regards
> Parthasarathy
> 
> 
>> On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 8:23 PM Sander Perle <sandyfl at cox.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Parthasarathy,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The list has been extremely “inactive” for quite some time. Reasons
>> unknown, since there continue to be many issues that the List members can
>> have a dialogue. Have we solved all of the problem, not necessarily!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Let me say that you may recall that Franz Schoenhofer and I have had our
>> moments here on the list. Franz and I finally met in person at the 2017
>> Annual HPS Meeting in Raleigh, NC, where I also endorsed Franz’s nomination
>> to be the Morgan Lecturer, via letter to the HPS President and Awards
>> Committee. Let me say that we had excellent conversations during the
>> meeting, and, I had lunch with Franz during the meeting. I also have a few
>> photos taken with Franz. Franz was a perfect gentleman and was very
>> personable. I enjoyed our getting together and look forward to meeting at
>> some other venue in the future.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sandy
>> 
>> Retired, Consultant
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: RadSafe <radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu> on behalf of
>> Parthasarathy K S <ksparth at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: "The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing
>> List" <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
>> Date: Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 7:39 PM
>> To: <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
>> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Why I am not receiving messages
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Sandy,
>> 
>> I am very happy to receive your message. I am relieved to see that I am on
>> 
>> familiar ground. I am presently in Ashland, Boston with my daughter. I
>> 
>> shall be here till the first week of January
>> 
>> How active was the list a few years ago? Have we solved all the problems?
>> 
>> Unbelievable. I have continued my journalism activities which I started as
>> 
>> a hobby. Looking back, I must have written over 500 articles in dailies and
>> 
>> other contemporary publications. The Department of Atomic Energy published
>> 
>> them as two compilations
>> 
>> Warm regards
>> 
>> Parthasarathy
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 7:52 AM Sander Perle <sandyfl at cox.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Nice to see you again! There are hardly anyone posting. It’s been very
>> 
>> quiet in the List!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sandy
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>> On Sep 8, 2018, at 19:15, Parthasarathy K S <ksparth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>> I discontinued as my mail used to get bounced repeatedly possibly because
>> 
>>> of some
>> 
>>> software bug-- Recently,I rejoined the list after a gap of a few years. I
>> 
>>> am not getting any message!
>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>> Why?
>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>> Regards
>> 
>>> Parthasarathy
>> 
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