Re: $5.4M Radiation Case Settlement Ok'd

[Harold_Anagnostopoulos@illinova.com]

>>>The lawsuit charged that the approximately 90 cancer patients who
received radiation treatments from 1960 to 1972 in Cincinnati were
not fully informed of the risks, or told that the Defense Department
was getting the results to learn what might happen to troops
exposed to radiation>>>

Doesn't this condition exist today, and every day?

I'm my experience, I have not had discussions about the risks for diagnostic
procedures. As a teenager, I had a CAT scan. No discussions. My son had a bone
scan 3 yrs ago. No discussion. The Nuclear Medicine Tech was shocked when I
asked about the CEDE for the administration, and had NO idea.

I have had several Radiation Workers here at a power reactor come in to work and
fail the contamination monitors on the way out of the plant. It seems that their
doctor have them "someting" to check on their heart....

Is the difference really between diagnostic and therapeutic administrations? Do
these discussions of CEDE and risk really happen for therapeutic exposures?

I'm curious and would like some feedback.



Standard disclaimers.
Harry Anagnostopoulos, CHP
Harold_Anagnostopoulos@illinova.com


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