Re: In Flight Radiation

["Ron L. Kathren" <rkathren@tricity.wsu.edu>]

Mr. Brock is certainly entitled to his opinion, which is to me, surprising.
As a health physicist, I am concerned with protecting people and the
environment from the potentially harmful effects of radiation.  To do this,
one must have knowledge of exposures and their possible effects on people,
and RadSafe helps to provide insights and information in this regard.  I for
one found the discussion interesting and stimulating, and in no way bizarre.

If this plays into the hands of the 'anti-nukes', who I note also have a
right to their opinion, so be it.

Ron Kathren
(my third message today -- Sandy Perle, watch out!!!!)


-----Original Message-----
From: Brock, Diana <dbrock@sandia.gov>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 7:33 AM
Subject: RE: In Flight Radiation


>At first I was going to keep my mouth shut about this issue, because I am
>very opinionated and I probably offend a lot of people with my comments,
but
>when no one spoke out about the truly bizarre nature of this discussion, I
>just had to say something.
>People, where do we draw the line? Pilots aren't going to stop flying
>because of natural radiation. All this discussion and subsequent studies
>will do is cause the price of an airline ticket to go up. The airline will
>be forced to do this when their pilots demand more money for the hazard
they
>have to fly in every day. Lets completely ignore the fact that if they land
>wrong it can be very painful. Stop looking for anti-nuke ammunition.
>Anti-nukes have enough as it is.
>Dee Brock
>Radiological Control Technician
>My opinion only and does not reflect the opinion of my company
>dbrock@sandia.gov
>
>
>
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