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- From: Jym Dyer <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
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- Subject: "Cannot be Shown to Have Harmed"
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 21:43:24 GMT
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- In-reply-to: jjh00@diag.amdahl.com's message of 21 Dec 92 19:51:37 GMT
-
- >> Who was hurt at three mile island?
- > No one. The reactor accident at Three Mile Island cannot be
- > shown to have harmed any person in any way whatsoever. Fact.
-
- =o= "Cannot be shown to have harmed" is an interesting turn
- of phrase. It might almost be perceived as a celebration of
- the industry's notorious lack of accountability.
-
- =o= The head of Pennsylvania's health department found an
- increase in infant deaths around the plant, but was forced to
- resign rather than cover those up.
-
- =o= GPU-provided figures for the amount of radiation released
- were bogus and contradictory. The harm done by these releases
- "cannot be shown," but estimates vary -- one can pick whichever
- assessment methodology suits one's prejudices.
- <_Jym_>
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