Re: Interesting News Release

[lambert@HAL.HAHNEMANN.EDU]

My film badge processing vendor reports 1000 millirem, but I do 
not believe that they are trying to sensationalize the dose.

Is the HP community doing the same thing in reverse using units like 
Sieverts?

On Thu, 1 Feb 1996, Scott O. Schwahn wrote:

> IMHO, the "200-300 million micro-becquerels" is yet another way that the
> media (apparently from other countries, as well as the U.S.) tries to
> sensationalize matters of radiation.  Imagine readers' lack of interest if
> the article said "200-300 becquerels."
> 

Kent Lambert
LAMBERT@hal.hahnemann.edu