Re: Iowa GIGO, not Cohen's "Fallacy"

[BERNARD L COHEN <blc+@PITT.EDU>]

	--At least the initial announcement that got all of the publicity

-- high on network evening news, front page on newspapers, etc -- was not

made by Koop himself. I was heavily involved in the situation at that time

and remember it vividly.





On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Rad health wrote:



> Koop issued the proclamation and in fact has blamed most of the carcinogenic

> effects of smoking on polonium.



> >From: BERNARD L COHEN <blc+@pitt.edu>

> > > What Surgeon General and when, please?  I am afraid I don't remember any

> >such

> > > pronouncement.

> >

> >	--It was roughly in September 1988. Koop was the Surgeon-General

> >but he did not make the statement; it was issued by his office. It got

> >very wide national publicity and served as a tremendous stimulant to the

> >radon measurement business, albeit for a short time.



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