Re: Letter to NPR

[GlennACarlson@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/1/1999, blc+@pitt.edu (Bernard L Cohen)writes:

<<      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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