RE: BEIR VII Committee - an obviously effective letter

["Weiner, Ruth" <rfweine@sandia.gov>]

I have just posted the following on the BEIR VII comment page:

"Please do your best to ignore the "grassroots" letter from NIRS and
associated organizations regarding the BEIR VII committee.  It is the same
old anti-nuke junk they have been peddling for years, and is what drove me,
personally, from the anti-nuke camp (I actually was interviewed for a
position by NIRS once).  It doesn't matter how many people signed the
letter.  Most of the signers don't know much about dose-response curves,
ionizing radiation, etc.  Having started letter campaigns myself, I can tell
you that it doesn't take much to get a lot of signatures, and I can also
testify that refusing to sign can lead to a fair amount of nasty retributive
stuff."

Clearly only my own opinion

Ruth F. Weiner, Ph. D.
Sandia National Laboratories 
MS 0718, POB 5800
Albuquerque, NM 87185-0718
505-844-4791; fax 505-844-0244
rfweine@sandia.gov

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Muckerheide [mailto:jmuckerheide@delphi.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 10:36 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: BEIR VII Committee - an obviously effective letter


Please read this letter by the anti's.

Please comment on the revised Committee at:
http://www4.nas.edu/webcr.nsf/8f6526d9731740728525663500684166/7d175abbdd43f
73e85256774005fcca7?OpenDocument

or go to the link-page:
http://www4.nas.edu/webcr.nsf/open+for+comment/?OpenView
and select the BEIR VII Committee (about 7th on the list)

Send this message to others who know better.

Thanks.

Regards, Jim Muckerheide
muckerheide@mediaone.net
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http://www.nirs.org/grassroots/BEIR62299.htm

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