RE: Latest Wash Post Article; Radioactive Ooze

[Susan Gawarecki <loc@icx.net>]

This problem is not limited to the HP field.  State regulatory personnel
are the most poorly paid professionals in the environmental and health
fields.  The turnover is extremely high, as the better workers are lured
away by private industry.  We need to convince our states to pay their
personnel decent wages so the regulatory agencies can retain trained and
experienced people.  Ultimately this would benefit both the public and
the regulated industries/facilities.

--Susan Gawarecki

John Jacobus wrote:

> I appreciate your comments.  I think that credibility is lost when inadequately
> trained or poorly equipped inspectors respond to emergency situations, whether
> it is radiological, chemical or biological.  It is hard to restore a sense of
> control of the situation and reassurance to the public.
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