Re: Chicago Tribune Radiation Chart -Reply

[Mutty Sharfi <SHARMM@doe-md.gov>]

I am curious to what page the original article was on verses the
retraction.  Was the retraction buried in the paper where someone who
would have seen it the first time probably wouldn't have read the
retraction? This seem to be very common with mistakes like this.

Mutty Sharfi
Internal Dosimetry 
Mound
Miamisburg, OH
sharmm@doe-md.gov

>>> Elaine Marshall <emarshall@fnal.gov> 10/04/99 01:13pm >>>
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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