Rebuttal to TV show: "coffee, tea or radiation"

On 22 October 1974, CBS News presented a segment "Coffee, Tea or Radiation" on its program "Magazine". The program focused on the hazards of transporting radioactive materials by common carrier, especially by air. The presentation provoked strong reaction among some knowlegeable individuals. The text o this article is a letter sent by the author to Perry Wolf, CBS News, New York. A copy was made available to the American Society of Non destructive Testing through Walter P. Peeples, Jr., president, Nuclear Environmental Engineering, Inc., Houston, Texas.