RE: Los Alamos Wildfires -Airborne radioactivity news coverage

["Neil, David M" <neildm@id.doe.gov>]

The public relations folk who are making the announcements may not be aware
of uptake by trees.

I mentioned your study to the Manager here at DOE-ID, and she wasn't aware
of it: that's why I was looking for a copy.  (I found a reprint, and gave to
her.)

Dave Neil		neildm@id.doe.gov

The greatest value of general university study is: it teaches you how to
listen to experts arguing and judge who is speaking rot.  -  Harold
Macmillan 

On Thursday, May 18, 2000 1:01 PM, RadiumProj@cs.com
[SMTP:RadiumProj@cs.com] wrote:
> Radsafe:
> 
> This article titled: "Los Alamos fire-radiation findings are based on 
> inadequate data, critics say" appeared in today's Albuquerque Tribune. A 
> hyperlink appears below:
> 
>  <A HREF="http://www.abqtrib.com/fire/051800_airrad.shtml";>Click here: 
> Albuquerque Tribune Online: News</A> 
> 
> This article discusses the wildfires around Los Alamos and a press release

> yesterday from FEMA that the smoke contains only natural radioactivity, 
> despite a 10 fold elevation in measured airborne gross alpha, a 2 fold 
> increase in gross beta, and some unspecified increase in gross gamma
activity 
> in air particulates. The potential increase in man-made radioactivity 
> residual from weapons' test fallout in burning biomass has not been
discussed 
> by the Federal and State agencies involved in the initial press releases, 
> leading to heighten concern by many in the area that information is being 
> withheld.
> 
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