Re: Letter to NPR

[William V Lipton <liptonw@dteenergy.com>]

Has the Health Physics Society issued a press release on this or attempted to
contact any major media outlets?  I suggest that the likely reason that UCS is
quoted as the experts on this is that our professional societies are not
prepared to respond, while UCS is.

The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.

Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com

Bernard L Cohen wrote:

>         In response to the coverage of the Japanese nuclear accident on
> National Public Radio Morning Report, I sent the following:
>
>         In your Oct. 1 coverage of the Japanese nuclear accident, you
> explained the health effects of radiation by interviewing a representative
> of Union of Concerned Scientists. That organization is a highly political
> one with no standing in the scientific community. There are true
> scientific experts on health effects of radiation in many dozens of U.S.
> Universities, and any one of them would have been a more credible source
> of information on the subject. There is also Health Physics Society, the
> international scientific Society of experts on the subject which would
> have been the most credible source of information. Use of organizations
> with a strong political agenda as a source of scientific information is
> highly irresponsible for NPR.
>
> Bernard L. Cohen
> Physics Dept.
> University of Pittsburgh
> Pittsburgh, PA 15260
> Tel: (412)624-9245
> Fax: (412)624-9163
> e-mail: blc+@pitt.edu
>
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