[ RadSafe ] re: new name for APS

[Whitman, Richard T]

Concur heartily!

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Subject:    RE: [ RadSafe ] re: new name for APS
Author:     radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl
Date:       7/6/2005 8:27 AM




       It might be proper to consider that this whole discussion that
       belittles the
       knowledge level of the public sounds just a little snobbish.
       Isn't one of
       our jobs as health physicists to educate the public rather than
       denigrating
       them? Yes, I get frustrated at public forums where citizens say
       things that
       are not based upon a scientific investigative approach, but
       Galileo,
       Copernicus, et al had to deal with highly educated people that
       held an
       opposing or irrational point of view. Let's spend more time
       thinking about &
       acting upon our mission to help people understand.

       -----Original Message-----
       From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl
       [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On Behalf
       Of Pete_Bailey at fpl.com
       Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 7:25 AM
       To: radsafe at radlab.nl
       Subject: [ RadSafe ] re: new name for APS

       > So what do we do in the future when the word "physics" causes
       > confusion
       and uncertainty to the general public?


       Ummm, when I was a kid,  a 'physic' was a , ummm, laxative, . .
       . ..

       I used to work with State Rad Control, they were a division of
       the same
       dept. that tended to food stamps, rabies control and public
       health.

       I was a "Public Health Physicist"...

       Was asked a few times if that meant "handing out ex-lax to poor
       people" . .
       .

       DuuuuuH


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