RE: Letter to NPR

["Vollmer, Jeffrey S" <Jeffrey.Vollmer@MKG.COM>]

I would disagree,  The main reason UCS is quoted is it makes better news.
It sells more.

Jeffrey S. Vollmer
Jeffrey.vollmer@MKG.com

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> From: 	William V Lipton[SMTP:liptonw@dteenergy.com]
> Reply To: 	radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> Sent: 	Friday, October 01, 1999 9:33 AM
> To: 	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: 	Re: Letter to NPR
> 
> 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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