Low Doses, Ethics and LNT -Reply

[Bob Giansiracusa <bobgian@radonc.washington.edu>]

> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 97 12:59:21 -0500
> From: Steven.Rima@DOEGJPO.COM (Steven Rima)
> 
>      Have you ever had a discussion with 
>      someone who was anti-nuclear, because radiation is "harmful," while 
>      they were smoking a cigarette? I have, and it's really frustating.
>      
>      Steven D. Rima, CHP
>      Manager, Health Physics and Industrial Hygiene
>      MACTEC-ERS
>      steven.rima@doegjpo.com
> 
... and all along the cigarette is probably emitting more radioactivity
than most nuclear power plants.

  - Bob Giansiracusa
    Radiation Oncology Dept, U of Washington Med Center
    Seattle, WA