Re: Cohen's Ecologic Nonsense

[RuthWeiner@AOL.COM]

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 
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> industry and general on the board of directors 
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> of such lofty organizations like Radiation 
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> Science and Health whose sole purpose is to 
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> promote raising the safty standards we currently 
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> have.  How can Dr. Cohen have a non biased view 
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> 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