RE: BBC DU article

["Huesgen, Jim" <HuesgenJ@health.missouri.edu>]

I agree with you that for legitimate science, sources should be identified.
I was merely pointing out that they were not anonymous.  

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In my humble opinion, If the person(s) are not willing to put thier name on
thier opinions, then it dosen't matter what they say. It isn't, and should
not
be called science.  Perhaps banter or gosip works that way but not science!

Tom Hazlett

"Huesgen, Jim" wrote:

> The scientists were not anonymous, they were known to the correspondent,
who
> judged their credibility.  They asked not to be named.
>
> j. huesgen
> jimmob4@aol.com
>
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> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 11:43
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> >But two senior scientists have told BBC News Online they believe it may
be
> a
> >serious mistake to rule DU out of the equation.
> >Both remain open-minded on whether DU actually does damage health, but
both
> >believe its effects are poorly understood. Neither was prepared to be
> named.
>
> I do not think that it is worth commenting on what the two senior
scientists
> according to BBC said. But I would like to ask the rethorical question,
what
> the opinion of "two senior scientists" is worth, who cannot stand for
their
> opinion by revealing their names. What is the message of BBC - which I
until
> now always regarded as an excellent source of information, free from any
> bias - worth, when they have to cite some anonymous sources. In Austria
most
> papers state, that they refuse to publish anonymous letters to the editor.
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