To counteract superstition mongering such as that mentioned in the editorial, you can write letters to the editor of your local paper (probably its most widely read column). The following committees will check out your letter for factual accuracy and generally help you with it (but not write it for you):
1) Scientists for Accuracy in the Media, 1034 LaBrea, Pocatello, ID
83201
2) Committee for Science in the Public Interest, Box 480, La Jolla, CA
92038
3) THINK, 430 Water Street, Indiana, PA 15701
4) AREA, Box 11802, Albuquerque, NM 87192
5) Texas Energy Advisory Council, 411 W.13th St., Austin, TX 78752
6) Committee for Scientific Truth in the Public Interest, Pittsburgh, PA 15217.
Information on nuclear matters is given to the news media (and others) by experts of the American Nuclear Society. For a directory by state and field of expertise, write for "The Communicators," ANS, 555 N. Kensington Ave., LaGrange Park, IL 60525.
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Newsletter: Access to Energy Newsletter Archive Volume: Volume 8 Issue/No.: Vol. 8, No. 1 Date: September 01, 1980 04:03 PM Title: The next victim is decency
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