Re: Re :LNT and educating the public

["Richard L. Hess" <lists@richardhess.com>]

Hi, John,


Alas, the science doesn't filter down to the water cooler or irate email

threads.


What I recall hearing in discussions from several sources was that we had

tainted the battlefields in Yugoslavia with DU and the implication was

that it was highly radioactive.


Most conversations (how "conventional wisdom" about politics

and such gets passed on) doesn't bother waving about RAND studies. I

think this should change. This information needs to be more accessible

and responsible media need to put this type of information out.


Although I work in broadcasting I disassociate myself from any content

discussions...and generally don't watch the product. This season,

"Everwood" on the WB is an exception. It's almost as quirky as

"Northern Exposure."


Cheers,


Richard


At 01:53 PM 10/31/2002 -0800, John Johnson wrote:

> Richard
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> The 1999 RAND review, A Review of the
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> Scientific Literature As It Pertains to Gulf War Illness, did not say
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> that the battlefields would be unusable. Did you also hear what they
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> might be used for?
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> _______________________
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> John R Johnson, PhD
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>  idias@interchange.ubc.ca
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> > ----- Original Message -----
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> > From: Richard L. Hess
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> > To: RuthWeiner@AOL.COM ; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu 
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> > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 11:22 AM
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> > Subject: Re: Re :LNT and educating the public
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> > The DU issue is a hot one--I've heard it stated that some of the battlefields in the former Yugoslavia will be unusable for thousands of years because of the DU munitions that were used there.