Fwd: radiation exposue at st lucie

[RuthWeiner@AOL.COM]

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

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• To: michael.g.stabin@vanderbilt.edu
• Subject: Re: radiation exposue at st lucie
• From: RuthWeiner@aol.com
• Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 10:47:01 EDT
• Full-name: RuthWeiner

In a message dated 10/14/02 8:36:21 AM Mountain Daylight Time, michael.g.stabin@vanderbilt.edu writes:

Watchdogs should watch the watchdogs, and the system
will tend to balance itself in the long run, if all ideas are given a chance
to be heard.

And who watches the watchdogs who watch the watchdogs....?

Mike, I agree in general with what you say, but I would rather not spend my time or pay dues to an organization that rides herd on the regulators.  Maybe I am hopelessly naive, but I believe that most professionals are honest people doing an honest job, and tend to be a bit overzealous in doing it. I truly don't think that NRC, EPA, FDA, OSHA, FAA, etc need the continuous nit-picking.  The nit-picking leads to nothing so much as excessive zeal, regulatory overkill, and unnecessary expenditures.  When did one of these so-called "watchdog" organizations ever say to a regulator "You are doing a fine job ."?

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

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