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Eloquently stated, Barbara.
>In addition to this nutty accusation that
safety experts have some ulterior motive to undermine safety, I am aghast that
in the area of radiation issues this leads the public to essentially seek only
the advice of non-experts. Their reasoning appears to be that if all
experts are lackeys of industry, then one can only turn to non-experts for
advice. This seems to be verging on insanity.
This is often as well the position of the federal
government. "We can't hire anyone who has every actually worked in this
industry, they will have conflicts of interests (which means: they have made a
few friends over the years, everyone does not hate their guts). We must hire
people who know nothing about what they are regulating." I know I'm overstating
this, they are not quite this strident, but the attitude does exist.
>If I have a brain tumor, do I preferentially seek advice from people who have never worked in oncology or neurosurgery? Barbara, Barbara, Barbara, of **course**
you get expert advice from John Travolta, because he was once in a
movie about a guy who had a brain tumor. What *were* you thinking?
Mike
Michael G. Stabin, PhD, CHP
Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences Vanderbilt University 1161 21st Avenue South Nashville, TN 37232-2675 Phone (615) 343-0068 Fax (615) 322-3764 e-mail michael.g.stabin@vanderbilt.edu internet www.doseinfo-radar.com |