WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, J ULY 28, 1982, PAGE 5 w LETTRS TO HEEDITOR/ Ant-nkegro up 'sdims based 'on falseda, reader says DearSir i arn sure Mr. R.J. Rutherford's letter entitled "Infant Mortality and Nu- clear Powor", which yau, ran on July 7, 1982, may have caused some con- cerns among your readers. First of ali,1 would like to set the record straight re- garding Mr. Ruther- ford's aliegations. w hich are based on Dr. E. Sternglass 's jDear Sir: In his letter of jJuly 7, .1982, R.J. IRutherford cdaims Ithe nuclear industry is lying through its teeth. This is not 80. His allegations on Infant deaths are based on dlaims by. a 'Dr. E.J. Stern- glass. Dr. Stern- glass' ailegations have beon cam- pletely refuted by the Pennsylvania State Health De- patment ln a report issuod by them on March 20, 1981. Thd State Health De- partment con- cludod "TIV area In- fant death rates are flot higher than statewlde. aver- ages." Subsequenily, the State Heaith Department's Direc- tom of EpIdemiologi- cal Research, Dr. E. Tokuhata, ln a five page respanse pub. lished ln 'the U.S. weekly. magazine, The Nation, des- cmibed 'the ailega- tlons as "highly ln- accurate ta the ex- tont of creating un- necessamy fear" .... Ho emphasized the figures they robeas- od showed that "there is no evi- dence that radiation f rom the power plant (TMI) Infiuenc- od a rise or faîl of' the Infant death rate." The additional cry of wolf that Rutherford raises on tritium releases Is aisa without faundation. The data. In an elghit page report, issued on March 20, 1981, the Pennsylvanla State Health Department concluded, after a careful scrutlny of dlata, that "..here is no evidence of the Increase 'of Infant, noo-natai and fetai death rates from 1977. through 1979 for the area wlthin 10 miles of the TMI plant; the rates are not higher than radiation dose Ithat anyone would get if they were ta drink the water from the Pickering plant di- rectly for a whole year is loss than the additional radiation dose that -would be received on a return transatlantic f1light. Mr. Rutherford does the commiuni- ty a disservico by fastering il-found- statewide aver- ages." Since Mr. Ruther. ford used Dr. Stern- glass's data, i 1t wouid be fair to note that ln the modemn age nuclear fables Dr. Stern- glass is character- ized' as 'a crying woif; ho has also been found ta be gullty of selective use of data to sup- port his conclu. sions. -Con-sequen- tly, every aliegation ed fears and ne- glecting ta put the miniscule radiation doses that result from ncuiear sta- tineffluents ln perspective. Yaurs truly, R. Wilson, Di rect'or, Health and.Safety Division, Ontario Hydro. CONTESSA HAIR' SALON SALE MON DAYS ½ 2PRICE 1 PERMS FOR ALL THE FAMi1LY GREEN ST., WHITBY .668-9262 ho has made ln the fast 20 or 80 yegrs has boon refuted (more t han 70 rofu- tations 80 far)! Ho has even beon crîti- cized by some other antl-nucloar critlcs (Ilko D.r A. Tamplin, Dr. A. Stewart,,and others). 1 As for Mr. Rùther- ford's allegation re- garding tritium, the risk of drInking water ln the Pioker- lng plant boundary for one full year ls equl'valent to the risk of smoking one cigarette a year. In addition, it is a weil known fact that no member of the public in Ont- aria has ever me- celved any moasur- able exposure ta ra- diation resulting fromn nuciear plant operatian. Wlth this public safety re- cord, the nuclear In- dustry and govern- monts do not have ta lie thmough their teeth - as Mr. Ruth. orford claimed, and wanted us ta be- Ileve. In actual fact, it could be argued that the individuals like Mr. Rutherford and other "experts" wha continue play- ing wlth alarmlst statistics are nat only prolonging but actually contribut- ing-to the stressful situation after TMI SUME CEAANE AL ReodIin0 ypwi t *. A GO Transit monthly pass. It can save you plenty. You can use it as often as you wish, with no additional charges. andare dalng a dis- service tao their commun lty. M. Paric, Agincourt, ELMER'S FURNITURE 253 Bloor St. E. (At Rltso n> Oshawa Low prices on new chesterflelds, Colonial dlnling roomn sets, bedroom sets, beds, etc. We deliver. 728-3473- Lot Subaru show you <the differonce, Just remember that li's qulte easy t0 flnd an inox. pensive car. The trick Is to flind one that stays that W8y. c & CMOTORS eSALES e SERVICE e PARTS If you want ta save money on commuting, decrease the increase with-a GO Transit monthly pass. ~b~ %MI~MIi i.wMmmA~m mu Hon. William Davis Premier Hon. James Snow L.H. Parsons Mnister Chairman A. F. Leach Managing Director e j v I Hydro-fno t lyi*ng, spokesman wri*tes INVITATIONS LA 77' ýMONI s O1 ON 119 ýDAYS &,WEDNESDA' INTRODUCING >USAN BOLDUC JR NEW HAIRSTYLIST ½ 2PRICE EVERY HAIR SERVICE AVAILABLE INCLUDING PERMS a 7ysi