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Re: Radiation Records Being Investigated



 
-Bernie says it all here. I have often believed that you have more of chance getting benefits from eating lead paint than the solid traditional type of lead "poisoning".  Thanks Bernie

On Mon, 27 Mar 2000 10:55:38   Bernard L Cohen wrote:
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>On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Ron L. Kathren wrote:
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>> Even though this might result in some who were not injured being
>> compensated, it would seem appropriate as it will compensate those who are
>> most likely to have been injured.
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>	--Discussions like this make me wonder why no one is concerned
>with compensating the hundreds of thousands of American soldiers, sailors,
>and airmen who were killed and seriously injured in Morld War II, Korea,
>and Vietnam. No one asked them if they wanted to be exposed to the
>infinitely more dangerous conditions than the workers under discussion, 
>and they received very low wages. Even those permanently disabled get
>very meager allowances. 
>	If people have forgotten what these men went through, I recommend 
>Stephen Ambrose's book "Citizen Soldiers".
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> > 
>Bernard L. Cohen
>Physics Dept.
>University of Pittsburgh
>Pittsburgh, PA 15260
>Tel: (412)624-9245
>Fax: (412)624-9163
>e-mail: blc+@pitt.edu
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