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Re: Meeting public demand



People do not need a PhD in nuclear or environmental science to understand background radiation, relative radiation doses, or hormesis.  They do need to be told the truth in an accurate and reasonably complete manner.  They also need to be taught a few simple facts.  They are not told the complete truth about radiation and they are not taught the few simple facts that they need to know.  However, the concept of hormesis is understood by most people, even though they are not familiar with the word.  Why would it be that people are not even taught the name for such a common and important concept?
 
Paul Tsongas explained his rational position on radiation and radiation phobia quite clearly after his life was saved with large doses.  But he could not overcome Bill Clinton's nuclear lie (sorry Ruth) in the Colorado primary.  There is some irony that one of the hotbeds of anti-nuclearism is in Boulder Colorado.  If those students were really afraid of radiation and knew anything about natural radiation, they certainly wouldn't go to college in Colorado.  They live where they get an annual dose of 1 Rem and demonstrate against nuclear power plants.  That is not the result of knowledge and rational thought.
 
Don Kosloff dkosloff1@msn.com
2910 Main Street, Perry Oh 44081
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Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: Meeting public demand

You have my best wishes for success in this endeavor.

In the meantime, try to consider how "members of the public" who don't have a PhD in nuclear or environmental science (>> 99% of the population) look at this.  How is this person supposed to  make a decision on nuclear technology, assuming he wants to make a rational decision?  On the basis of the Cohen - Field - et. al. 3 ring, LNT circus?  On the basis of the abstruse and condescending presentations on Radsafe.  I don't think so!