Re: [CPEO-MEF] Depleted uranium: a killer disaster? by TRAVIS DUNN

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After having heard his talk when Rokke was here in Davis earlier last month,
I can't laugh because it was sad to see him enthrall his audience with a
steady supply of half-truths, misrepresentations, and factual errors.

Maybe the DOD is upset because someone is stealing their methodology?

Steven

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Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 12:09 PM
Subject: RE: [CPEO-MEF] Depleted uranium: a killer disaster? by TRAVIS DUNN


> Readers of this list need to know that Rokke's allegations have been
> extensively discussed and discredited by health physics experts on the
> RadSafe list.  Some of their comments are copied below.
>
> --Susan Gawarecki
>
> _From Prof. Otto Raabe, PhD, CHP, Center for Health & the Environment,
> UC
> Davis:
> November 26, 2002
>
> Last night I went to hear Doug Rokke's performance at the Davis
> Community Church concerning the "poisoning of whole nations by the use
> of DU munitions by the U.S. military". In his talk Rokke made numerous
> technical errors concerning uranium toxicology and health physics
> including saying that a beta dose to the skin of 300 mrem exceeded the
> standard for whole body exposure. I strongly objected to his
> misrepresentation of the DU toxicology facts during the comment period.
>
> <snip>
>
> He credited himself at every turn with being highly principled while
> always casting the U.S. military as nefarious and cold-blooded. He
> claimed he was fired by the government because of his dedication to
> health and safety.
>
> Much of his talk involved references to toxic chemicals released by our
> military action in the Gulf War, contaminated food provided by the
> Saudis, and claimed poisoning of people by DU dust. He said he was a
> "health physicist" and implied that he had a Ph.D. in physics by
> reference to being in his "physics lab" while working on his doctorate.
> Actually, his doctorate is in "Education Methodology", which I got him
> to admit during the questioning. He is certainly not a qualified health
> physicist.
>
> <snip>
>
> Rokke said that in the Gulf War he was the "Director of the Army
> Depleted Uranium Project," and that virtually everyone who worked on the
>
> project was sick from exposure to DU. The diseases and ailments that he
> claimed for DU conflict with 50 years of research on DU toxicology and
> with the findings of the Department Defence who are carefully evaluating
>
> military personnel who were exposed to high levels of airborne DU
> aerosols. See http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/du_ii
>
> Unfortunately, the audience of about 100 people were enthralled with
> Rokke
> and angry with me for objecting to his erroneous statements and
> misrepresentation, but I think it was important to cast some doubt on
> this charlatans's proclamations.
>
> ***
>
> _From Prof. Otto Raabe, PhD, CHP, Center for Health & the Environment,
> UC
> Davis:
> December 20, 2002
>
> After having heard his talk when Rokke was here in Davis earlier last
> month, I can't laugh because it was sad to see him enthrall his audience
>
> with a steady supply of half-truths, misrepresentations, and factual
> errors. Although Rokke claims to be a "health physicist" and implies
> that he has a doctorate in Physics, he is actually trained in "education
>
> methodology", seems to know only a little about health physics, and is
> currently a substitute teacher at a middle school in Illinois. He was
> never "head of the Pentagon's Depleted Uranium Project on Gulf War
> Casualties and Depleted Uranium", although he apparently worked as a
> military liaison to the contractor hired by the DOD to do DU cleanup.
>
> ***
>
> _From Ed Battle, PhD:
> Dec. 21
>
> Otto has it exactly right about Doug Rokke; (His PhD is Ed and his BS is
>
> Physics). I had him called to active duty to help run my DU education
> project at the US Army Chemical School on Fort McClellan (at that time).
>
> That is a long way from the Pentagon, as the Chem. Sch. is under the
> Army's TRADOC Command. Boy, did I come to regret hiring him for
> that!!!!! When I retired, he was hired and rather quickly (6 months)
> fired.
>
> --
> .....................................................
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> Oak Ridge Reservation Local Oversight Committee
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> Toll free 888-770-3073 ~ www.local-oversight.org
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