RE: Tribune Chart incorrection

["Boyce, Dale" <DBoyce@intiso.com>]

It's still wrong if it says per year.  If those doses were fragmented over
the course of a year.  The effects would be somewhat less dramatic.

Dale Boyce
dboyce@intiso.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Elaine Marshall [SMTP:emarshall@fnal.gov]
> Sent:	Monday, October 04, 1999 12:13 PM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	Re: Chicago Tribune Radiation Chart
> 
> The following day, a correction to the graphic that Otto Rabbe mentioned
> was
> printed.  The values were corrected to 500,000 mrem and 200,000 mrem.
> 
> The Chicago Tribune does have a Web site (www.chicagotribune.com), but
> since
> the articles are in their archives, there is a charge of $1.95 per article
> to access this information.
> 
> The editor is Howard A. Tyner and his e:mail address is ChiEd@aol.com.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Otto G. Raabe <ograabe@ucdavis.edu>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 11:37 AM
> Subject: Chicago Tribune Radiation Chart
> 
> 
> > 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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