Bethlehem and Ruth Weiner--Adding insult to injury

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    Dear RADSAFERS:



    I find these comments by Dr. Weiner petty, crass and ignorant. I only 

call them as I see them. First it was the old magazine article and then the 

comments at the end of this, Weiner's last note. 



    I am saddened by the ignorance shown in Dr. Weiner's compensation 

remarks, but especially indignant about the comment regarding how much money a 

"lawyer and consulting expert will get."  Your inference is palpable and disgusting!



> Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 08:23:57 EST

> From: RuthWeiner@AOL.COM

> Subject: More on Compensation

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> Why did the Bethlehem Steel workers not claim Workmen's Compensation?  I 

> suspect it is because (a) they would have had to demonstrate the connection 



> between whatever illness they were claiming and the conditions under which 

they 

> worked (or had worked) and (b) they would have forfeited their right to 

sue.



> Next question:  what fraction of the $150K does the claimant's lawyer and 

> consulting expert get?



> Ruth

> Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.

> Office of The Ministry of Not Knowing-MNK

****

    With regard to your 'question' (a). -- How could anyone prove anything 

when records and operations were conducted under compartmentalized secrecy and 

records were/are either hidden, destroyed or nonexistent? Add to this, poor or 

no dosimetry or record keeping, if any, that was done during those days. This 

question is unnecessarily redundant and bordering on "double speak."



    And again, please refrain in the future from citing outdated and or 

incorrect documentation (1981 Science Magazine--see: RADSAFE # 1075), as this can 

only create a harmful and or dangerous situation with erroneous human health 

ramifications, findings and information being distributed. 



    Sincerely,

    Louis Ricciuti

    Niagara Falls Lewiston Porter Youngstown Lockport Buffalo Tonawanda

    Los Alamos East

    "Before there was Los Alamos there was the LOOW" 

       The Lake Ontario Ordnance Works

(About to get my crap detector recalibrated--any ideas on a check source?)



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