RE: Next Shot

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          This is Shelly Again,
          
               Morally Reprehensible?  Interesting concept.  We get so many 
          calls from people who feel that it is morally reprehensible that 
          the government sets regulations on agents like radiation without 
          consulting with the people they are trying to protect.  This 
          segment of the tax-paying public feels it is morally 
          reprehensible that government scientists make the decision for 
          them about what level of risk is acceptable and what additional 
          costs should be spent per life saved.
          
               I share your concern about where money is spent and whether 
          we are consistent about which risks we voluntarily accept and 
          which we refuse to have imposed upon us.  However, the government 
          is under attack for practices of the past, real or exaggerated, 
          but never-the-less, a direct result of not involving the public 
          in the regulatory process, relying instead on "we're your 
          government and we're here to protect you".
          
          
               	    	      Shelly Rosenblum
          
          Opinions expressed here are my own.