Re: "The Plutonium Files"- A Question of Ethics

[Paul Lavely <lavelyp@uclink4.berkeley.edu>]

Ron,

I have also been misquoted by the media; however, not in such a 
serious manner as this. In your defense, no one who knows you would 
believe that you would have committed the major breach of medical and 
professional ethics you described. The sad thing is that your work 
(and that of others) was not used or credited and she won a  Pulitzer 
Prize.


Paul Lavely
lavelyp@uclink4.berkeley.edu

>FOR THE RECORD .  .  .
>
>Although it is likely trivial in the larger scheme of things, my experience
>with Eileen Welsome might prove interesting to some, and, given the recent
>discussion of her book "The Plutonium Files" and her series of articles in
>the Albuquerque Tribune in RadSafe, I feel constrained to set the record
>straight insofar as my involvement, and to raise the question about
>differing ethical bases and standards for the media and for scientists.

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