[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: "positive" news reporting on Yucca Mountain & transportation accidents

On 10 Jul 2002 at 15:54, RuthWeiner@aol.com wrote:



> Why does everybody get this number screwed up?



Ruth,  I understand your question and concern. I suppose in answer to 

your question could be, where would you suggest that the media search 

and who would be a contact to serve as the "authoritative" source of 

this type of information? Your question is rhetorical to some degree. 

Suppose the media was going to do a story on the number of a 

particular type of medical procedure. There is a real number, and, it 

changes by the minute. I expect that some pundit will quote a number, 

and it will be most probably 100% incorrect. Did it really change 

anything by not being totally accurate? probably not. I personally 

don't know whether or not the number of shipments you quoted are 

absolutely correct or not. What I do know is that there were a lot of 

shipments. I doubt that the media would have your statistics, unless 

there is one entity who is assigned the accountability of tracking 

all of these shipments. Suppose you wanted to add in radioactive 

waste shipments from medical facilities. Do you think there will be 

an accurate accounting of that?

-------------------------------------------------

Sandy Perle

Director, Technical

ICN Worldwide Dosimetry Service

ICN Plaza, 3300 Hyland Avenue

Costa Mesa, CA 92626



Tel:(714) 545-0100 / (800) 548-5100  Extension 2306

Fax:(714) 668-3149



E-Mail: sandyfl@earthlink.net

E-Mail: sperle@icnpharm.com



Personal Website: http://sandy-travels.com

ICN Worldwide Dosimetry Website: http://www.dosimetry.com



************************************************************************

You are currently subscribed to the Radsafe mailing list. To unsubscribe,

send an e-mail to Majordomo@list.vanderbilt.edu  Put the text "unsubscribe

radsafe" (no quote marks) in the body of the e-mail, with no subject line.

You can view the Radsafe archives at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/radsafe/