Roundtable on Partnering with Meteorologists for Radiological Emergency Preparedness and Response, August 26, 2004, W Hotel, Atlanta, GA : summary report

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  In the event of a natural disaster or radiation episode, CDC and other health agencies can supply basic scientific knowledge but would look to meteorologists to help communicate to the public about the real risks. A number of studies indicate that people react with great fear to the word “radiation,” as opposed to an event described as chemical or biological. The public needs to know there are different types of radiation and different ways it can spread. The same sort of knowledgeable communication that meteorologists provide after a hurricane would be of tremendous service to the American public in the event of a radiation emergency or other disaster.
  
  This report is a summary of the participants’ contributions; it represents neither a consensus of the roundtable nor the opinion of CDC, and may contain errors in fact.
  
  Publication date from document properties.
  
  https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/emergencies/pdf/rt-meteorologists.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disaster Planning Disasters Emergency Medical Services Emergency Responders Health Communication Public Health Radioactive Hazard Release Radioactive Waste Television Weather
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Pages in Document:
  8 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b484163488c282e242ca87134376650566c67c8314db0f615328baa038703e65
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/134189/cdc_134189_DS1.pdf
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