Re: RADSAFE digest 3135

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

No matter how well-defined and scientific the study is, the anti-nuclear
village will not believe it.  I used to live in that village, since then I
have visited that village regularly.  Sometimes I have listened to truly
breathtaking irrational discourse and have seen stunning changes in
direction when a line of reasoning was recognized as leading to anything but
the predetermined conclusion.

As far as everyday risk is concerned, it isn't a good idea to keep in mind
the risks that can seemingly come out of nowhere.  You might be like one of
the people on the ground in Cerritos when the Mexican Airlines plane fell
from the sky.  You might be like one of the children in the school in London
TX when it exploded.  You might be like the family of four that was in their
tent in a campground when a van ran over them.  You might be like the couple
who were suffocated in their bed by the carbon monoxide from someone else's
car.   You might be downwind from a coal-fired power plant or a phosphate
mine.   I always used to drive a little faster when I was going by that
giant natural gas storage tank next to the Long Beach Freeway.

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

----- Original Message -----
From: Sandy Perle <sandyfl@earthlink.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: RADSAFE digest 3135


> I agree that there should be studies to determine if there are
> effects. I only suggest that there needs to be a well-defined Design
> of Experiment development, and, that the study be as scientific as
> possible. Those conducting the study need to have as little bias,
> and, if done appropriately ands scientifically, let the chips fall
> where they may.
>
> That is a decision each of us make every day when we step into a
> shower, leave our home, drive our car on "death highways', etc. There
> is risk all around us. We accept some risk, and as a country, the
> risks we are willing to accept or reject needs a fair and impartial
> hearing. That hasn't happened yet.
>
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