[ RadSafe ] RE: YES. we remain our own worse enemy

[Brodsky, Allen]

Sandy, Let me know how I can get an audience with the President or Secretary
of Homeland Security.  I seems our only hope is to get some common sense
into the top levels.  The underlings do not want to rock the boat, and the
vast majority of our professional society members do not seem to want to
meet the public. By the way, I am pushing 2 dollar dosimeters to be worn by
members of the public, dosimeters that show the entire range from fractions
of an R to 600 R or more. Do you have anything available?  I never seem to
have time at the meetings to adequately visit the exhibits.  I have used
Tech Ops instruments in the past. Perhaps your company can properly instruct
the public to understand the negligible doses that most will receive, even
from A-bombs (but not H-bombs). Be well, Allen

-----Original Message-----
From: Sandy Perle [mailto:sandyfl at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 1:26 PM
To: vargo at physicist.net; radsafe at radlab.nl; Albrodsky at aol.com
Cc: allen.brodsky at saic.com
Subject: Re: YES. we remain our own worse enemy

Thanks Allen,

I find it very disheartening when I hear fire and police officials 
stating that their members will not enter an area when the dose rate 
exceeds 2 mR/hr. These are the same individuals who enter burning 
buildings, chemical fires, conduct rescue missions in swollen flood 
waters, and they are afraid of a dose rate of 2 mR/hr????

The reality of radiation risk, well established for decades, has 
given way to perceptions of fear mongers. I agree with you when you 
say that there is a serious potential for "over-regulation and 
exaggeration of radiation risks in the public mind kills millions". 

How unfortunate.

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