Oak Ridge brochure--response from Glenn Bell

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Glenn Bell, who has chronic beryllium disease stemming from his work at the DOE Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, TN, has this reply to Al Brooks' brochure about Oak Ridge:

Re: Al Brooks- WHY DOES THE MYTH LIVE ON? 
  1) One may well ask why does allegation of the serious contamination 
 continue?
   2)One contributing factor is the  confusion between the exposure in the
   workplace and the exposure of the public.
  3)Some people simply do not  trust
   the government.
  4) Another is the definition of contamination.  >>

 1) Because the serious contamination continues. Despite denial and cover-ups.
 2) Exposure does not know if one is a worker or the public (I'm both) and 
 contamination does not stop at the fence.
 3) No argument on this one.
 4) Definitions get blurred when realators and city PR types get involved. And
 as with the mercury levels around OR, if you can't clean it up, just raise 
 the contamination limits.

 Glenn
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