Re: Beware 'Sound Science.' It's Doublespeak for Trouble

[William V Lipton <liptonw@DTEENERGY.COM>]

So; actors and supermodels get more publicity than HP's.

When will you folks tell me something I don't already know?



The opinions expressed are strictly mine.

It's not about dose, it's about trust.

Curies forever.



Bill Lipton

liptonw@dteenergy.com





Steven Dapra wrote:



> March 3

>

>         Although John Jacobus appears to have surrendered on this thread I would

> like to make a few comments.

>

>         I have read the article -- I don't have the citation -- but a few years

> ago the New York Times published a large article (with at least two

> photographs) extolling the virtues of the Tooth Fairy Project (TFP).  Does

> the TFP have any influence?  What do you think, John?

>

>         When was the last time the NY Times ran a similar article extolling the

> virtues of the Health Physics Society, the American Nuclear Society, EPRI,

> or any nuclear industry or power generating organization; or even nuclear

> medicine?

>

>         If any actors (Alec Baldwin) or super models (Christie Brinkley) have ever

> appeared at an HPS or ANS meeting to endorse the atom it is a well kept

> secret.  I certainly didn't see it reported in HPS News.

>

>         Prominent actors and pop culture figures fall all over themselves jumping

> onto the radiophobic and technophobic bandwagons.  Remember Meryl Streep,

> famous chemical engineer, who had so much to say about Alar?  Jackson

> Browne and Bonnie Raitt are well-known singers who are anti-nuclear

> fellow-travelers.  Streep, Browne, and Raitt may not be affiliated with the

> TFP, but they are all under the same anti-technology umbrella.

>

>         Influence, indeed.

>

> Steven Dapra

> sjd@swcp.com

>

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