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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Subject: Re: Radioactivity and Superstition; was: Re: Are Your Light Bulbs Radioactive?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.124054.13328@cco.caltech.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 12:40:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug27.022349.25576@vexcel.com>, dean@vexcel.com (Dean Alaska) writes:
- >Nuclear power was very popular in its early years so its not the "newness"
- >that causes the kind of reaction we have been seeing it here. Although
- >there may be some people who benefit from the current attitude and are
- >lead to lie about it, I think that the vast majority of people are
- >simply ignorant. Why is it so hard to educate about issues of
- >radiation? Who does the average non-scientific person trust?
-
- Jane Fonda.
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- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
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- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
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