AW: Letter to the Editor of the Columbus Dispatch

[Franz Schönhofer <franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT>]

Franz Schoenhofer

PhD, MR iR

Habicherg. 31/7

A-1160 Vienna

AUSTRIA

phone -43-0699-1168-1319



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And you really think, that anybody except Otto G. Raabe will be excited

and convinced by this letter? 



Regarding experts your statements are boring, because they have been

stated thousands of times before - without any positive effect.

Regarding non-experts they do not pose any significant argument to

change their mind. Your arguments are totally correct, but the way you

do it does not help to put your arguments on top of the arguments list

and influence any of the decision makers, any newspaper guys or any of

the "common people".



The only arguments which might help: The claims of Rokke (sorry, Dr.

Rokke!) are absolutely ridiculous. Nothing of his claims has ever been

confirmed by independent (very important! they must be independent, do

not cite government research!!!) laboratories. International research in

Iraq, Balkan states etc. by e.g. the European Union (important - who

believes nowadays internal US claims!!!) has revealed that no negative

impact on health from DU has been observed. 



Stating that you are not a physician, but....,and that "it is highly

unlikely...." is totally negative. Mentioning light bulb filaments and

lead from car batteries as a potential source of exposure is also from a

scientific point of view ridiculous. When did you eat your last light

bulb with tungsten filament? When did you eat your last car battery -

even how can anybody, who is concerned with radioactivity acceptance

choose something like this? Kim Basinger did drink the sulphuric acid of

the car battery in the film "My stepmother is an alien" (German

translation),but did not eat the lead. 



Your comparisons are ridiculous. Writing to papers, though I think that

the "Columbus Dispatch" might not really have a big distribution, such

comments is very negative to our agenda. I would recommend that you stop

it. 





I cannot believe that any radiation professional would flame me, but if

so please use my private e-mail address.



Best regards,



Franz



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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----

> Von: owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu [mailto:owner-

> radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu] Im Auftrag von bobcherry@cox.net

> Gesendet: Dienstag, 28. September 2004 16:26

> An: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

> Betreff: Letter to the Editor of the Columbus Dispatch

> 

> Dear Editor:

> 

> Your Sunday article about depleted uranium, .Armor Toxic to Troops,

Ex-

> Officer Says,. was good, balanced reporting. Mr. Williscroft.s

comments

> about Dr. Rokke.s misinformed rants were colorful and correct, as I

expect

> from a Navy officer.

> 

> DU cannot cause cataracts or rashes as Dr. Rokke claims. I am not a

> physician, but it seems to me that the more likely causes are aging

for

> the cataracts and allergies for the rashes.

> 

> It also is highly unlikely DU is the cause of the .respiratory

problems.

> to which Dr. Rokke vaguely alludes.

> 

> The effects of exposure to DU are well-documented: kidney disease,

which

> has a threshold higher than anyone has been exposed to, and cancer,

which

> has a theoretical probability of occurring proportional to dose. These

> effects have never appeared in humans as a result of DU exposure,

> including in soldiers who have DU particles remaining in their bodies

as a

> result of friendly fire.

> 

> DU is a toxic heavy metal, much like other heavy metals in commercial

and

> military use such as lead (car batteries) and tungsten (light bulb

> filaments). Its radioactivity is extremely low. Respect it, but don.t

fear

> it.

> 

> Robert N. Cherry, Jr., Ph.D.

> Certified Health Physicist

> Colonel, U.S. Army (retired)

> 

>

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