Re: Letter to NPR

["Robert M. Beinstein" <r.beinstein@snet.net>]

I seldom weigh in on these discussions, but as one who routinely cringes at
the inaccuracies and slants contained in even NPR news accounts of things
nuclear, I must say "Thank You" to Dr. Cohen.  One would think HPS experts
would be sought after, rather than avoided.  Could it be that the media is
unaware of the HPS?

IMHO, of course...

Thanks,

Bob Beinstein
Cabrera Services, Inc.
r.beinstein@snet.net

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bernard L Cohen <blc+@pitt.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Friday, October 01, 1999 10:14 AM
Subject: Letter to NPR


> 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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