Re: HPS Objective

[Bill Pitchford <Bill.Pitchford@asu.edu>]

I believe "unsafe" would be construed to imply "not free from risk" and 
then would only further embroil the LNT -vs- ANTI-LNT debate and its 
continuing negative presentation and public effect.


Bill Pitchford			Bill.Pitchford@asu.edu
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On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, Otto G. Raabe wrote:

> August 7, 1997
> 
> What about "unsafe" in place of "unnecessary"?
> 
> Otto
> 
> At 09:53 AM 8/7/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >Maybe "unefficacious" would be a good word, but maybe it is not a common 
> >enough word to avoid the elitist labelling implications.
> >
> >
> >Bill Pitchford			Bill.Pitchford@asu.edu
> >Radiation Protection Facility	(602)965-6140 voice
> >Arizona State University	http://www.asu.edu
> >Campus Box 873501		(602)965-6609 facsimile
> >Tempe, Arizona 85287-3501	http://physics.isu.edu
> >
> >On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, Bernard L Cohen wrote:
> >
> >> > 
> >> >         The objective of the Society is the protection of people and 
> >> > 	the environment from unnecessary exposure to radiation.
> >> 
> >> 	--Souldn't "unnecessary" be changed to "harmful", or "unnecessary
> >> and potentially harmful"?
> >> 
> >> 
> >
> >
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