RE: " Scientists Say Dirty Bomb Would Be a Dud "

["Jaro" <jaro-10kbq@sympatico.ca>]

Jose Julio Rozental wrote on Sunday, June 13, 2004 4:32 AM,



Another point, we can't blame the press -- the press is not against nuclear,

press is in favor of news, polemic news - If nuclear is not so competent to

get space in the press, don't blame press, blame Governmental incompetence

to get the space.

<end quote>





But in the January 1991 special issue of Health Physics journal, subtitled

"The Goiania Radiation Accident," the specialist physicians of the Instituo

de Radioprotecao e Dosimetria of Brazil explained,



Participation of the doctors of the city of Goiania and the Hospital's

medical staff itself... was greatly reduced due to fear or misinformation...

instead of helping us by explaining exactly what was happening, and printing

integral interviews with scientists working on the project... irresponsible

yellow journalism stirred fear in the population ...hysteria instigated by

the media was very expensive for the government and extremely painful to

those involved... the victims of Cesium 137 were rejected by an entire city

and its population... as much discriminated against by society (as are) AIDS

patients.

<end quote>



I think there is ample blame to go around -- both to the press and to

"Governmental incompetence to get the space" in the press.



 Jaro

http://www.cns-snc.ca/branches/quebec/quebec.html





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