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Re: Cohen's Ecologic Nonsense



In a message dated 6/5/02 4:43:04 PM Mountain Daylight Time, TAJ@law.com writes:


Dr. Cohen is a known apologist for the nuclear
industry and general on the board of directors
of such lofty organizations like Radiation
Science and Health whose sole purpose is to
promote raising the safty standards we currently
have.  How can Dr. Cohen have a non biased view
while performing research with all this baggage?


Dr. Cohen is a faculty member of the University of Pittsburgh.  His papers on the topic do not list any other funding source -- such a listing is routine for a refereed journal.  Dr. Field is a faculty member of the University of Iowa.  His studies were funded by EPA.  

The accusation of "being an apologist for the nuclear industry" is an old anti-nuke canard.  Would one consider Dr. Field as being an "apologist for the EPA?"

This whole accusatory email is unfortunately typical of a joke a lawyer friend of mine tells on himself:

"When I have the facts, I argue the facts.  When I have the law, I argue the law.  When I don't have either, I yell and scream and pound on the table."

Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.
ruthweiner@aol.com