Re: The Tooth Fairy project

[Franz Schoenhofer <schoenho@via.at>]

At 11:26 14.08.2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Norm and Radsafe folks,
>   
>At the risk of asking a very naive question  (apologies to all if this has
been asked before) :If the tooth fairy project is convinced that nuclear
power plants are emitting Sr90 at such levels, why  do they not sample the
water, air, soil and vegetation around  all nuclear power plants?  It would
seem to me that for Sr90 to be incorporated into the teeth, it somehow
needs to be in the air/food/water pathway and would be present in high
enough concentrations to certainly be detected.  I do not think, although I
most certainly could be wrong, that Sr90 emissions immediately seek out
only small children, looking to be incorporated into their teeth and
deposit no where else except the teeth of small children.  Shouldn't
soil/air/vegetation/water analysis in the 10/50 miles around nuclear plants
show levels that would be consistent with levels seen in teeth? If one can
analyze teeth for Sr90 isn't it also possible and perhaps easier, to
analyze water/soil/vegetation/air ?    Als!
>o it would seem to me that the environmental analysis could be more easily
controlled, so that the results would be meaningful.  
>

Patricia,

Yes, I have stated almost exactly the same as you a few days ago and a few
weeks (months?) ago. I added, that there must exist data from environmental
surveillance of the nuclear power plants. These facts show over and over
again what a nonsense the Tooth Fairy Project is. 

Furthermore it confirms over and over again, that people like Norman Cohen
do not even read our postings, at least not, if it contains any scientific
information, even at such a low level as I tried to explain it and using
logics which everybody on the streets should understand. I do not see any
willingness, to accept anything from us, because he has made up his mind.

I repeat that in my opinion people like Norman Cohen are arrogant and I
feel offended, if somebody like he implicitely or explicitely denies our
professional knowledge, accuses us of not telling the truth, hiding and
most of all that we are so silly and dumb, that we do not know that Sr-90
is a bone seeker and I-131 a thyroid seeker and that he has to explain this
to us. It is arrogant to explain to us, that Sr-90 weakens the immune
system (he repeated this at least two times). 

No, again too much attention for this person, who seems to be
professionally trained in discussion techniques - observe, how elegant he
changes between postulation of silly things, backing, sliding sideways,
excusing himself that he is no scientist and a few lines again claiming
non-existing scientific expertise, escape direct questions, ignoring the
opponents arguments and repeating his own as an "answer", changing his
claims slightly, just as it fits - 1950, no, middle of the fifties, no,
second half of the fifties (which makes all a tremendous difference!).
Really skillfull! But I really do not think that we need such a "slimy
politician" on our professional list - who is not even able to discover
that he is obviously on the wrong list.

Franz


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