Chicago Tribune Radiation Chart --- go to the Trib's Website

[Fonsos Fonsos <psg_allez@yahoo.com>]

 Otto,
      the Chicago Tribune has an excellent website and
they do provide a list of editors wih their e-mail
addresses. They usually do a good job of responding to
E-Mail messages. I believe the web address is

     www.chicagotribune.com



 Cheers,
  Alfonso Mitchell

PSG_allez@yahoo.com

--- "Otto G. Raabe" <ograabe@ucdavis.edu> wrote:
> October 4, 1999
> Davis, CA
> 
> On October 1, a graphic appeared on the front page
> of the Chicago Tribune
> along with the story about the accident in Japan. 
> The graphic contains a
> chart purporting to show health effects from
> "Radiation exposure," and
> claims that 5,000 millirem of exposure per year is a
> "lethal dose," that
> exposure to 2,000 millirem per year brings the
> "onset of radiation
> sickness" and exposure to 1,000 millirem per year
> leads to "increased
> cancer risk."  The sources are claimed to be RERF,
> The Uranium Institute,
> UNSCEAR, and the EPA. The graphic credits David
> Constantine as the
> author/illustrator.
> 
> Perhaps, those of you in the Chicago area can find
> out more and contact the
> paper. If you let us know the name of the editor and
> his mailing address,
> we can write to them.
> 
> Otto

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