[extropy-chat] Dramatic goof

[David Lubkin]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/27/politics/27nukes.html?pagewanted=print&position=
U.S. Plans to Offer Guidance for a Dirty-Bomb Aftermath

>The radiation scientist said, "Do you really want to shut down the port of 
>Seattle because you don't want to get 5 or 10 million millirem of dose? Do 
>you want to economically cripple an entire country because of that, an 
>infinitesimally small risk, if it is any risk at all?"

Once again, journalists demonstrate their ignorance and low standards for 
accuracy. I wonder what number the scientist actually said.


-- David Lubkin.