Re: BEIR VII Committee - an obviously effective letter

[Jim Muckerheide <jmuckerheide@delphi.com>]

Ruth, Group,

Just to clarify: The anti- letter was the one sent prior to the current NRC/BRER
revision to the committee - that dumped Ken Mossman, and added Herb Abrams of
Physicians for Social Responsibility and 4 others.

Regards, Jim Muckerheide
muckerheide@mediaone.net
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"Weiner, Ruth" wrote:

> 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
> =====================
>
> http://www.nirs.org/grassroots/BEIR62299.htm
>
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