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

[Jose Julio Rozental <joseroze@netvision.net.il>]

Dear Jaro:



Dear Jaro,







Thank you for your message,







Almost 17 years were lapsed from the Goiania Accident and since the first

moment until now I repeat: --   the lessons from that radiological accident

have not been sufficiently learned until now. I have no doubt to affirm if

another scenario along the lines of the Goiania accident were to occur, most

probably the same misunderstanding will be happen and the  competent

authority, the organization dedicated to remediation and the media will

repeat the same mistakes.







In particular going to my and your point, I would like to remember that we

are discussing considering Goiania an abnormal event, not a normal

situation. In Goiania there were 20 correspondents, press, radio and TV, and

they were impatient to listen many persons, and such persons were not green,

however were against the Brazilian nuclear programme, and they took the

opportunity to criticize the Regulatory Authority; others were scientists

that also did not agree with our activity in Goiania. All of them

respectable persons, however this brought many confusion in terms of

conflicts of information, distortion and misunderstandings, being one of the

the main causes for the anxiety and discrimination.







You are right on your final "I think there is ample blame to go around --

both to the press and to" Governmental incompetence to get the space" in the

press.







About the Physicians in Goiania, they were in strike and had refused to

attend personal - Lesson and more lessons. The nursery were not in strike,

however were afraid and decided to strike - more lessons to be learned.







However I would like to remind that my initial question was: "The Goiania's

accident caught Brazil by surprise, this will not be the case of a RDD - -

USA has a high degree of education, comparing many other countries. My

question to colleagues: Isn't American citizen being educated to deal with

this fact?



The population of Goiania was not educated to deal with a radiological

emergency, that opportunity, and I do believe today again in many parts of

the world







Jose



joseroze@netvision.net.il



Israel















----- Original Message -----

From: "Jaro" <jaro-10kbq@sympatico.ca>

To: "Jose Julio Rozental" <joseroze@netvision.net.il>; "John Jacobus"

<crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>; <LNMolino@AOL.COM>; "Radsafe"

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Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 3:05 PM

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





> 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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