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- From: constant@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Tino)
- Subject: Re: "Deadly Deceit," Afterword and Methodological Appendix
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.033532.16430@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Keywords: measuring statistically significant excess death rate change
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- References: <1992Dec29.152106.12472@odin.corp.sgi.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 03:35:32 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.152106.12472@odin.corp.sgi.com> dave@ratmandu.esd.sgi.com (dave "who can do? ratmandu!" ratcliffe) writes:
- > is still being denied today by the public relations arm of the nuclear
- > industry through organizations like the U.S. Council for Energy Awareness
- > which makes statements like "All the medical and scientific evidence gives
- > nuclear power plants a clean bill of health. . . . the radiation from
- > natural and man-made scources presents little or no risk. Scientific
- > studies over several decades show no health effect on people from exposures
- > below about 10,000 millirem." Whose interests are being served by the
- > promulgation and perpetuation of such "knowledge"? We must all ponder
- > deeply and consider this critical question of our times.
-
- So do organizations like the National Academy of Sciences ("The Effects on
- Populations of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation", 1980), the
- IAEA, and most other respected scientific organizations.
-
- Your fearmongering may make a few bucks for the author, but it won't
- change what is actually happening. I suggest that you look up a table
- of radiation sources and see where most comes from (hint: not humans).
-
- Tino
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- "Here are the young men, the weight on their shoulders..." - J.D.
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