Why is it the first reaction of every government official to a disaster is to minimize the risk? Like the old picture of the police officer standing next to the accident directing traffic, "move along, nothing to see here".
Well patently that is false,there is an accident to see. In the case of disasters like the steam pipe explosion in New York City, where any fool could see an eruption of debris and dust mixed in with the steam, the authorities immediately said there was no danger of asbestos exposure. Oh really? Well today it seems that was not true. There was asbestos in the dust, just like on September 11 when the Mayor, a Mister Giuliani told workers the site was safe. Surprise, it wasn't!
The same thing happened in Japan this week after a nuclear plant was damaged by an earthquake. "No problem, very little contamination, only a few hundred gallons of contaminated water."
Surprise! Lots more leakage than that occurred and the officials acted just like here in the US, they first lie and then slowly tell the truth.
Here is a novel idea. Say that you are still studying the matter and until the exact extent of the exposure is known, the area will be off limits or we will take all precautions for rescue workers and assume it was a major problem until proven otherwise. Safe rather than sorry would seem to be a good move.
After all wouldn't it seem better to relieve the public after several tense days with the real facts rather than a stream of ever increasing lies?
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