Re: Who's against DOE's compensation program?

[Bernard L Cohen <blc+@pitt.edu>]

	An even better example of the potential effect of war veterans is
on the issue of "informed consent" in human radiation experiments -- there
was some degree of informed consent in most of those situations. But where
was there "informed consent" for 18 year olds graduating from high school
in 1944 being drafted into the army, given about one month of basic
training, and the being sent as replacements for infantry in the Battle of
the Bulge where they existed under freezing conditions without adequate
warm clothing, with poor food, etc and thousands were killed in battle?

Bernard L. Cohen
Physics Dept.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Tel: (412)624-9245
Fax: (412)624-9163
e-mail: blc+@pitt.edu


On Sat, 7 Oct 2000, Ted Rockwell wrote:

> Some of us have hoped that the medical benefits of low-dose radiation
> immunotherapy will encourage cancer sufferers to support our efforts to curb
> the demonizing of any amount of radiation.  Such patients could prove to be
> a large and vocal ally.
> 
> Now another voice is beginning to emerge: war veterans.  Today's Washington
> Post carries a letter ending with the following words:  "I question the
> judgment of anyone who rates harm caused by working in a nuclear weapons
> plant as more important than a bullet from an enemy's gun."
> 
> Right on, soldier!  Get your buddies to chime in.

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