Re: we're still our own worse enemy

["D. Kosloff" <dkosloff@ncweb.com>]

Even better:  Let the public participate in the measurements and use salt
substitute or deicer to check meter response.

Don Kosloff mailto:dkosloff@ncweb.com
2910 Main St, Perry OH 44081

----- Original Message -----
From: <BobCherry@aol.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: we're still our own worse enemy


> In a message dated 11-Feb-2000 1:46:19 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> sandyfl@earthlink.net writes:
>
> > If we, radiation specialists, take these kinds of unnecessary action,
> > simply to make the public feel better, we are more at fault to
> > promote the misinformation about radiation accidents, radiation
> > exposure and radiation risks, than we can ever blame any other
> > factor. To do so is unethical, and only causes further damage to what
> >  we scientists know as fact, and allows emotions to dictate policy
> > even further. In the end, the public, in the USA, will be no more pro-
> > nuclear by these actions being taken, compared to no actions being
> > taken.
>
> I learned early in my health physics career that the only way to convince
the
> public that these sorts of measurements are unnecessary is to take them.
>
> Bob Cherry
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