Re: Update (10/15): Status of patients from the JCO Criticality

["Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@hotmail.com>]

Thank you Tosh for your valuable updates.

To Radsafers in general:
It seems in more general terms - regarding all those exposed (this morning 
mention 69 people) - that it is important to get information about all the 
estimated doses. The problem I see with the Swedish media (and some foreign 
also) is that the lack of facts leaves room for deliberate vague use of 
language that easily is misinterpreted. We heard for instance the other day 
(in Sweden) that it has now been revealed that 22 more people have been 
"radiation injured". What this means is unclear. And then we have the 
terminology "xx persons have been exposed to radiation" or "xx people were 
taken to hospital".

Little can be understood from this type of information - therefore it is 
important to get estimated doses for all those regarded as exposed due to 
the accident - including those who may have got trivial levels. As long as 
we don't have some estimated facts - the speculative and vague massmedial 
fallout continues.

I have occasionally checked English/Japanese "radiation sites" and news 
media and must say that it is surprising (??) how little one can find. This 
probably only causes a longterm negative aftermath (as opposed to a more 
direct and fast information strategy). Reading Radsafers is in some ways 
more informative than many of the tradiational sources.

Bjorn Cedervall   bcradsafers@hotmail.com
The ideas above are mine and may not necessarily coincide by those of 
others.

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