RE: MIT, Quaker Oats Settle Radiation Lawsuit

["Vargo, George J" <vargo@pnl.gov>]

Hey,  I'm just the messenger.  I'm sure Frank Masse would have something
to say, however.  Having been on the fringes of a few of these, it's
easy to see that top management/administration wants to get it over and
behind them ASAP, even if it means shelling out a few bucks.  

It's not the dose - it's the optics.

George J. Vargo, Ph.D., CHP
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
International Nuclear Safety Program
509-375-6836; -2019 (fax)
vargo@pnl.gov
INSP web site - http://atom.pnl.gov/

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	LIPTONW@detroitedison.com
[SMTP:LIPTONW@detroitedison.com]
	Sent:	Monday, January 05, 1998 12:32
	To:	Multiple recipients of list
	Subject:	Re: MIT, Quaker Oats Settle Radiation Lawsuit


	You wrote, regarding the recent settlement for using students at
the Fernald 
	School as radiation experiment subjects: 
	 
	Is anyone other than me disturbed by the fact that MIT is
rolling over on this 
	issue rather than trying to show that such minor doses probably
had no 
	detremental effects at all. 

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	Subject: MIT, Quaker Oats Settle Radiation Lawsuit 
	From:    "Sandy Perle" <sandyfl%ix.netcom.com@inet.rfets.gov> at
inet 
	Date:    1/2/98  7:00 PM 
	 
	This is of general interest, and, might raise questions.
Therefore, I  
	am providing the entire article as found on the wire services.
It was  
	a subject I had not been awarre of, and, this might be new to
others  
	as well. 
	 
	Happy New Year to all Radsafers! 
	 
	One fact that you may not be aware of is that the Fernald School
is more a 
	mental hospital than a school.  It is likely that the children
involved were 
	severely retarded.   
	 
	Considering this situation, I don't think that MIT "rolled
over".  I'm very 
	disturbed when people sho are not able to assert their rights
are taken 
	advantage of, regardless of the dose.  It seems that the
expimenters 
	deliberately chose a population which would "roll over," and,
even then, did 
	not obtain truly informed consent.   
	 
	The opinions expressed are strictly mine. 
	It's not about dose, it's about trust. 
	 
	Bill Lipton 
	liptonw@detroitedison.com