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Re: Re; Story about Chernobyl on Thurs 26 April about 5:50PM EDT
Maury, I found the two articles interesting, but have a few comments.
Firstly, if it was the Danilov cemetary that the was refered to as the place
where thousands of Chernobyl victims were buried, then I would recommend
being suspecious of the new articles. The Danilov cemetary is fairly old
and is pretty full. I find it hard to believe that the Russians could have
gotten many people into it.
Secondly, Prof. Leonid ILyin's comment on Pripyat I find hard to believe.
Many of the people I talked to in Ukriane were quite specific about
commenting about clouds from Chernobyl passing over Pripyat, with lots of
stuff falling out of the clouds. One individual I talked to commented on
the large crowds that gathered on the bridge at the entrance to Pripyat
because it had the best veiw. And that the smoke from the plant passed
right over their heads. And of course even today Pripyat is highly
radioactive. I was there in 1998 with a meter and was getting readings of
around 50 to 100 uR/hour.
That said, it was always my impression that the Ukrainians and Belorussians
were inflating their claims of health effects in order to attract more
international money.
>From: Maury Siskel <maury@WEBTEXAS.COM>
>Reply-To: Maury Siskel <maury@WEBTEXAS.COM>
>To: live@foxnews.com, radsafe <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>
>Subject: Re; Story about Chernobyl on Thurs 26 April about 5:50PM EDT
>Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 20:24:27 -0500
>
>Attn: Tony Snow
>
>Dear Tony,
>
>I was dumbfounded to see and hear your story (cited above) claiming
>30,000 or 4,000 deaths and other current urban legends on the
>anniversary of that event. Please, for heavens' sake get this thing
>straight and stop misleading the public. Fox News of all organizations
>has too much to lose over this kind of gross untruth. And of all
>people, your industry has ready access (or you surely should have) to
>all kinds of scientific experts in nearly any field. The link to the
>story on your web site follows. There were distinct differences
>between the reporter's voice report compared with your internet link.
>
>http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,16816,00.html
>
>The following internet link will show you an article with photos from
>Chernobyl prepared by a scientist who has worked first
>hand with such problems.
>
> http://www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/articles/chernobyl.html
>
>There are other extensive reports available; the IAEA (International
>Atomic Energy Agency) of the UN conducted in-depth investigations of
>the Chernobyl disaster ten years after the event. A second such
>investigation was done fourteen years after the event and recently has
>been published. "Thirty thousand deaths" indeed!!! What a cruel hoax
>with no supporting evidence for such a claim.
>
>Please perform due diligence on this story and do not permit such
>utterly unfounded crap to stand in the public eye. Tony, I am
>astonished that you would permit something so poorly done to get past
>you! If you need or want more scientific information to place
>Chernobyl into a more accurate perspective, I will be glad to provide
>further references or suggest scientists active in health physics who
>would gladly speak with you.
>
>Sincerely,
>Maury Siskel
>Ft. Worth TX 76180
>817-498-7135
>maury@webtexas.com
>
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