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Re: Next Shot
> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 95 10:39:17 -0600
> Reply-to: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> From: "GARY MANSFIELD" <GARY.MANSFIELD.HC#u#HS#u#DIV@quickmail.llnl.gov>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Next Shot
> - Captain Plutonium!
>
> Next Shot
>
> Reply to Shelley Rosenblum:
>
> Ah yes, the 20th century, where we spend BILLIONS of taxpayers dollars
> "remediating" risks that are comparable to eating a banana every 10 days
> (deadly potassium-40). I personally can't think of any better way to spend
> public funds.
>
> After all, we have pretty much taken care of all the real public health
> issues, right? We have PLENTY of money for innoculation of children against
> diseases, cancer research, AIDs research, you name it.
>
> It is time that we stop wasting money on imaginary risks to imaginary people.
> In a world of LIMITED resources (this is the world I live in, I don't know
> about anyone else) it is morally reprehensible to squander resources on
> non-problems.
>
> Regulators who want to remediate all risks, REGARDLESS of any consideration of
> costs or the reality of those risks, need to ask themselves some hard
> questions.
>
> Naturally, the views expressed above are my own opinions, and probably do not
> reflect the opinions of anyone who has anything to do with my paycheck.
>
Gary,
You're not alone. I believe you've hit on something that may be
a hot topic at the annual HP Society meeting in Boston this year.
THE COMMITTED EFFECTIVE BANANA EQUIVALENT DOSE>
OR
FOR OUR FRIENDS AT THE NRC - THE CEBED
OR
FOR OUR FRIENDS AT THE ICRP - THE CEBD
If you shout a lie loud enough and long enough, someone's bound to
believe you, but does that work for the truth? Adolph Hitler, as
amended 1995.
Russ
cmeyer@brc1.tdh.texas.gov
(512)834-6688