RE: Sec. Ridge accurately addresses the impact of a "dirty bomb"

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET>]

On 17 Feb 2003 at 11:02, Ted Rockwell wrote:



> Why don't we say there is little

> chance of significant injury, and therefore no reason to panic?



Ted,



Ridge's comments were just that. He said there was not expected to be any 

significant injury, but even with that, human nature is there is a psychological effect. 



It is also unfortunate but many in the public simply don't believe our government,our 

scientists and most of all, us, the rad protection personnel. There have been too 

many instances where information has not been accurate. Take the bomb testing in 

Nevada/Utah where the soldiers were told there would be no effect from the 

radiation, how about Vietnam and agent orange, how about the '91 Gulf War and 

chemical exposure, take the anthrax deaths in DC and NY, where our scientists 

didn't even know that anthrax would simply move through the molecular gaps in the 

paper envelopes (how long has anthrax been a known substance)? There are other 

cases where we, the public have been told, don't worry. And now you say the public 

should just be told that there is no reason to panic?  Is there anything that we can 

say to really make the public believe what we tell them?

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