Re: Radiophobia

[Ronald Morgan <rgmorgan@lanl.gov>]

At 12:28 PM 10/10/96 -0500, you wrote:
>I submit the following:
>1.  The public's aversion to radiation and the public's reaction to other
>agents (chemicals) are closely related (common cause).
>2.  The public reacts as strongly to chemical agents as they do to radiation.
>3.  The public responds negatively to chemicals with and without  recognized
>thresholds (e.g. alar).
>Thus, LNT is not the (main) cause of radiophobia.
>
>Could those who attribute radiophobia to LNT explain which of these is
>incorrect?

Your second premise is the culprit.  Di-nitro-chickenwire is bad, but that
radiation stuff can REALLY mess you up.

>
>Dave Scherer
>scherer@uiuc.edu
>
>
>
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