Re: Negative Media Coverage

[Steven.Rima@DOEGJPO.COM (Steven Rima)]

     Hi all,
     
     I just thought I'd bring up an example of excellent and fair 
     investigation and coverage of a radiation related issue. The latest 
     issue of RSO magazine has an article about a prep school science class 
     in Santa Fe, NM that decided to investigate the INS laundry facility 
     in their city. There has been considerable controversy over this 
     laundry facility, with the antis spouting their usual misleading 
     slogans and false information and trying to shut the facility down.
     
     The results of the science class measurements (contamination 
     measurements, dose rate, and even gamma spec near the facility) as 
     compared to other buildings and risks is interesting. They did a great 
     job of objectively looking into the issue and debunking almost 
     everything the antis are saying. Hopefully, this article will get a 
     wider audience, at least in Santa Fe, than just in RSO magazine.
     
     Steven D. Rima, CHP
     Manager, Health Physics and Industrial Hygiene
     MACTEC-ERS, LLC
     steven.rima@doegjpo.com
     
     


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Subject: Negative Media Coverage
Author:  "Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net> at Internet
Date:    6/5/98 8:49 AM


Last night I was watching Charles Grodin on CNBC and the guests were Ralph Nader
and a lady who had something to do with the US Govt. involved with 
transportation (former job).. sorry, can't remember her name. In any event, the 
show was about airline safety. In the middle of the broadcast, Nader comes out 
with the statement that the public should ask a lot of questions.. and he knows 
people who go up to the gate counter and ask to speak to the pilot to verify 
that 
there is NO radioactive material on board, medical or otherwise. Nader stated 
that the public had the right to know how dangerous the plane is. He then 
recounted some of the previous Delta medical isotope spills (I was involved in 
one back in the early '70s when one of the Delta flights landed at West Palm 
Beach, and since I worked for the State of FL Dept. of Health, I had to respond 
from the Miami office).. Yes, there was contamination on the passenger's bags, 
but BIG deal ...Anyway, Nader likes to rehash and antagonize the public)... I 
noted that he didn't seem to care too much about frayed wires running through 
gas tanks, or parts of planes falling off. The big issue was radioactive 
material... 
     
     
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