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Re: Study Raises Projection For 'Dirty Bomb' Toll
The fact that the Goaiana incident was not a group of "workers" servicing a
> teletherapy unit, but a group of thieves/scavangers who were ripping apart
an
> abandoned teletherapy unit due to poor controls in Brazil of unused
medical
> equipment [at the time] alone should be corrected by the W. Post, along
with the
> clear errors in the number of people seriously injured.
About the topic "poor control", I don't agree, this is not correct. I was
Director of Department of Nuclear Installations and Material for 18 years
and among my responsibilities, one was the control of radioactive sources.
About Goiania, as before mentioned, I was sent there by the Regulatory
Authority as General Coordinator to Respond the Emergency. I was the first
person in Brazil to be informed about the event by the Health Secretary of
State and in the same day I travel to Goiania. There were 5 investigations
on the Goiania Accident in Brazil.
a) Police in Goiania,
b) State General Attorney,
c) State Congress,
d) Federal Police,
e) Federal Court of Justice
The dimension in Goiania was lack to follow good procedures and I agree
control by users.The Users were penalized by the Federal Court of Justice.
Anyone that wish correct information about Goiania, please write to me, no
one better than me know data about Goiania Accident.
Jose Julio Rozental
joseroze@netvision.net.il
Israel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stewart Farber" <farbersa@optonline.net>
To: "Hart, Tim P GS (RASO)" <harttp@RASO.NAVY.MIL>; "Radsafe"
<radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: Study Raises Projection For 'Dirty Bomb' Toll
> Hi all:
> If a radsafe member has good figures [and a citeable reference]
contradicting the
> claims made by reporter Warrick about the earlier impacts of the Goaiana
> accident, they should contact the W. Post's "news" editor or ombudsman [if
> necessary] to force the Washington Post to run a correction of its clear
error of
> fact[s]. All papers have a policy of correcting direct errors of fact.
>
> The fact that the Goaiana incident was not a group of "workers" servicing
a
> teletherapy unit, but a group of thieves/scavangers who were ripping apart
an
> abandoned teletherapy unit due to poor controls in Brazil of unused
medical
> equipment [at the time] alone should be corrected by the W. Post, along
with the
> clear errors in the number of people seriously injured.
>
> Stewart Farber, MS Public Health
> ==================
> 1/13/04 12:41:27 PM, "Hart, Tim P GS (RASO)" <harttp@RASO.NAVY.MIL> wrote:
> >
> > Washington Post
> > January 13, 2004
> > Pg. 2
> >
> >
> > Study Raises Projection For 'Dirty Bomb' Toll
> >
> > By Joby Warrick, Washington Post Staff Writer
> >
> >[in part]
> > The researchers derived estimates of human casualties from extensive
studies
> > of radiation accidents, including one in 1987 in Goiania, Brazil. In
that
> > case, workers ruptured a capsule of highly radioactive cesium after
they
> > discovered it inside an abandoned radiotherapy machine. Within weeks,
249
> > people suffered serious radiation injuries and five died. Many of the
> > serious injuries came from internal exposure to tiny amounts of cesium
that
> > the victims ate or inhaled. "While the amounts ingested seem extremely
> > small," the report says, "they were more than adequate to cause death
or
> > acute radiation sickness."
> >
> > Such harmful affects can be ameliorated through medical treatment, but
> > treatment is possible only if the victims are aware that they've been
> > exposed, the study says. It notes that many of the most troubling
scenarios
> > involve the quiet dispersal of contaminants -- with no explosions that
> > announce the crime.
> >
> >
> > Tim Hart
> > Radiation Protection Manager
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