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Re: Co-60 contamination incident



John, If so, we wouldn't be complaining would we!  Chang is the MD who runs

the medical program (for $millions).  See his crap in the Taiwan sources Ted

provided.  



Jim



> From: "Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)" <jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov>

> Reply-To: "Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)" <jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov>

> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 16:34:14 -0400

> To: Ted Rockwell <tedrock@CPCUG.ORG>, Jim Nelson <nelsonjima@HOTMAIL.COM>,

> shadis@ime.net, maury@WEBTEXAS.COM, radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

> Subject: Co-60 contamination incident

> 

> To allay Ted's concerns, in the article "60Co Contamination in Recycled

> Steel Resulting in Elevated Civilian Radiation Doses: Causes and

> Challenges," Health Physics, 73(3): 465-472, 1997, the authors W. P. Chang,

> et.al., say that an epidemiological study to evaluate health effects was

> begun by the Minister of Health in Taiwan on December 1993.

> -- John

> 

> John Jacobus, MS

> Certified Health Physicist

> 3050 Traymore Lane

> Bowie, MD  20715-2024

> 

> E-mail:  jenday1@email.msn.com (H)

> 

> 

> Ted said on 7/8. . .

> 

> I personally handed the Taiwanese "ambassador" an RSH letter at a dinner at

> his residence, asking for this information.  I also asked for assistance

> from the man who was head of the Taiwanese AEC at the time and now lives in

> Maryland (whom I had met previously).  They tried, but were unsuccessful.

> There is little doubt about the approximate doses and about the cancer

> cases.  So the conclusion is clear.  But we have no demographic data on age,

> sex, etc of the population, so the info does not fully meet scientific

> journal standards.

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