Re: "Radioactive fork, dear?"

["Otto G. Raabe" <ograabe@ucdavis.edu>]

September 15, 1999
Davis, CA

I agree with Elizabeth that each of us should write to U. S. News & World
Report politely expressing dismay (as a radiation safety expert) concerning
the serious mistakes and alarmist elements in the article "Radioactive
fork, dear?" by Bruce B. Auster on page 35 of the September 20, 1999,
issue. This tabloid-style reporting will negatively affect the reputation
of U.S. News. 

If you wish to mail a letter, send it to:
	Stephen G. Smith, Editor
	U. S. News & World Report
	1050 Thomas Jefferson Street
	Washington, DC 20007-3837
	 (phone 202-955-2000).

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		Prof. Otto G. Raabe, Ph.D., CHP
              Institute of Toxicology & Environmental Health (ITEH)
		   (Street address: Building 3792, Old Davis Road)
		University of California, Davis, CA 95616
		Phone: 530-752-7754  FAX: 530-758-6140
		E-mail ograabe@ucdavis.edu
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