Fw: Shipyard workers and references

["jenday1" <jenday1@EMAIL.MSN.COM>]

Don,

I assume that you did not served at a Navy shipyard or would know

differently.  We spent lots of money , more than I would have expected, to

reduce exposures and ensure workers safety from all hazards.  Despite your

belief in a grand conspiracy, DOE, the Navy, and other federal agencies and

entities worked to avoid conserve resources (read public funds) and obey

regulations.  We fought in Dept of Labor cases to ensure cases without merit

were decided in our favor.  Your claim that the Navy, and DOE do not pay for

radiation-induced cancers claims is true, but

not for the reasons you claim.



If you look at the current government compensation programs, none involved

the Navy or its contractors.  Yes, congressmen love to give money to groups

that appeared to suffer unjustly at the hands of the govenment.  However, do

not blame the agencies for this spending.  We followed the rules, protected

the workers and get the bad press.



If you want to voice your opinions, I suggest you contact your

representatives and respond to calls for public input in what is being done.

I hope you think people who suffered for lack of adequate protection

programs, e.g., asbestos exposures,  hundreds of mSv of exposure from

radaon, etc., should be compensated.  It is a frivilous claims that we

should protest against.



-- John



John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

3050 Traymore Lane

Bowie, MD 20715-2024

jenday1@email.msn.com (H)





----- Original Message -----

From: "dkosloff1" <dkosloff1@email.msn.com>

To: "jenday1" <jenday1@EMAIL.MSN.COM>; "RADSAFE"

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Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 7:32 AM

Subject: Re: Shipyard workers and references





"Do you think the Navy and DOE want to pay people for radiation-induced

cancers?"  The answer to that is no.  However, it is an irrelavent question.

The Navy and DOE do not and will never pay people for any radiation-induced

cancers.  The taxpayers have paid and will pay for whatever the politicians

think will get the most votes in future elections.  To the Navy and DOE the

money paid for political benefits is "other people's money".   There has

never been a program to pay for "radiation induced cancers", unless one

considers all cancers to be "radiation induced".

. . .





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