[ RadSafe ] Letter to the Muskegon Chronicle

[Whitman, Richard T]

Personal attacks are inapprorpriate for this forum.

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Subject:    Re: [ RadSafe ] Letter to the Muskegon Chronicle
Author:     radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl
Date:       6/10/2005 1:09 AM




       Doug Aitken wrote:

       >... he now (finally) admits that the hazard of DU is in the
       > realm of chemical toxicology

       Actually, I was quite adamant about that last year, back when
       the
       list was still hosted at Vanderbilt.

       > it is an irrelevant discussion for the RADSAFE group....
       > Let's get back to discussing topics relevant to Health
       Physics

       As Richard Urban so succinctly put it, we don't let pipefitters
       decontaminate nuclear power plants, and we don't let railroad
       engineers clean up chlorine tanker spills, but sadly, at least
       here in the U.S., radiation safety personnel and the NRC is
       entrusted with the decision-making authority concerning heavy
       metal toxicity.  We must work with the regulatory regime that
       we have, not the regulatory regime that we might want or wish
       to have at a later time.

       Sincerely,
       James Salsman


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