OK Guys this is the last one on the PICLIST - all else private please :)


At 08:01 AM 8/15/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>>I reject the regulation - it is only a reference for convenience, there
>>>is NO safe DOSE of radiation.
>
>That is true if you also subscribe to the theory that there are no safe
>cars, planes, trains, electromagnetic waves, air, sun, etc.

No Norm - accepting there is a notion of a 'safe dose' of radiation is
like saying its ok to be shot a certain number of times. For some
reason you and Andy are over-reacting and confusing risks of ionising
radiation with necessary aspects of living in this society - I don't
think its normal to accept the notion that radiation has a safe dose.

All I am pointing out Norm/Andy is the *illusion* of a Safe Dose !

>>>The rule is DON'T add to background radiation, any ionising radiation
>>>will be harmful given enough time. You never know when that one particular
>
>OK if this is so, then we should all live at sea level.  < set sarcasim flag>
>And we all know how many mutants there are in places like Denver due to the
>higher background levels of radiation now don't we. <clear sarcasim flag>

No. I am referring to the desire not to spread isotopes or indulge in
unnecessary X-rays etc. Don't you have a Radon controversy in USA, if you
had the option of working in the basement or in an upstairs study - then
are you saying "Gee the Radon is a Safe Dose so I'll work in the basement".
If it was me I wouldn't let my kids in the basement ever.

>>>We've only had enough when its cleared up Norm, otherwise we will
>>>all end up glowing in the dark and coughing up blood due to ignorance ;-)
>>
>
>Well, coughing up blood can happen but ask the Russians how much exposure
>it takes.  As for glowing, glowing comes from radioactive decay.  If you
>got radiated to the point that you glowed, you wouldn't care anymore
>because you would have allready died.

True. I was joking. I don't think any sane individual will so easily
accept some government regulation so easily - didn't they inject children
in USA with 'safe doses' as part of an experiment a few years ago. And
who says the government knows any better about radiation now, they thought
they did back then in the 70's.

Rgds

Mike
Perth, Western Australia