I read this article on the BBC with a sense of dismay.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36735687
I can’t believe that it made it through scrutineering and got published. It’s a crass, ill-informed piece of journalism that adds nothing of value to the debate about the safety of nuclear power.
Is Helen Briggs suggesting that the clean-up operation at Fukushima is a waste of time/effort?
Is she suggesting that parents of children exposed to high levels of radiation shouldn’t be so worried?
Are the matters of the soul (ref. comment attributed to an unnamed professor) not important? Is the inference that these folk (that have lost their homes, their ways of life, maybe even their family members) should be less depressed because they didn’t die (so far) of radiation poisoning?
I expect better of the BBC, my suggestion to the institution is - find a better journalist. Try Mark Willacy.
My answer to the question asked by Briggs is a big, shouty “NO”.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36735687
I can’t believe that it made it through scrutineering and got published. It’s a crass, ill-informed piece of journalism that adds nothing of value to the debate about the safety of nuclear power.
Is Helen Briggs suggesting that the clean-up operation at Fukushima is a waste of time/effort?
Is she suggesting that parents of children exposed to high levels of radiation shouldn’t be so worried?
Are the matters of the soul (ref. comment attributed to an unnamed professor) not important? Is the inference that these folk (that have lost their homes, their ways of life, maybe even their family members) should be less depressed because they didn’t die (so far) of radiation poisoning?
I expect better of the BBC, my suggestion to the institution is - find a better journalist. Try Mark Willacy.
My answer to the question asked by Briggs is a big, shouty “NO”.
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