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  4. From: mvp@netcom.com (Mike Van Pelt)
  5. Subject: Re: NEWS: Radioactive Sand Proves Nuclear Reprocessing Unlawful
  6. Message-ID: <97snfpj.mvp@netcom.com>
  7. Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 00:36:24 GMT
  8. Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
  9. References: <1992Sep8.190417.29216@oracle.us.oracle.com> <8tsn3_#.sss@netcom.com> <STEINMAN.92Sep9145437@hawk.is.morgan.com>
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  12. In article <STEINMAN.92Sep9145437@hawk.is.morgan.com> steinman@is.morgan.com (Jan Steinman) writes:
  13. >I think we all agree that radiation is dangerous, although we may
  14. >disagree on the dose. Then it becomes not a matter of protecting us
  15. >from nature, but avoiding adding to nature's existing perils.
  16.  
  17. Sure.  And fire is dangerous.  Water is dangerous.  Crossing the
  18. street is dangerous.  Driving is *incredibly* dangerous.
  19. Eating is dangerous.  Going to the bathroom is dangerous.
  20.  
  21. All of these things are more dangerous than a couple of millirems
  22. couple of millirems of radiation, even given the very pessimistic
  23. linear hypothesis.
  24. -- 
  25. Mike Van Pelt                          Here lies a Technophobe,
  26. mvp@netcom.com                            No whimper, no blast.
  27. mvp@hsv3.lsil.com                      His life's goal accomplished,
  28.                                           Zero risk at last.
  29.