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RPHP is a nonprofit educational and scientific organization, established by scientists and physicians dedicated to understanding the relationships between low-level, nuclear radiation and public health. Learn more or make a financial contribution.

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To document a possible radiation/cancer connection, RPHP needs only one of the baby teeth that your child has lost...So please help. Every tooth is a clue! ~ Alec Baldwin
 

Joseph Mangano’s new book Radioactive Baby Teeth: The Cancer Link has just been published! The book describes past and current studies measuring amounts of Strontium-90 in baby teeth, and how this radioactive chemical raises the risk of childhood cancer.

The book reads like a mystery, beginning with the discovery of an old ammunition bunker where thousands of baby teeth from the 1950s are stored. It is an easy-to-read account of one of the most crucial science and health issues of the 20th century.
To read a sample chapter, click here
To order from Barnes & Noble click here
Click here to read an excellent review posted on the Baltimore Sun site.

  Dr. Ernest Sternglass's ground-breaking book, Secret Fallout, Low-Level Radiation From Hiroshima To Three-Mile Island
is available on-line and for downloading at rat haus.
Click here to read the book or to download.
 

The nuclear reactors in Beaver County are a public health hazard and should be converted to natural gas, argues radiation expert Ernest J. Sternglass.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sunday, December 16, 2007
Click here to read the article

Staunch critic of the nuclear establishment,
Dr. John Gofman, MD, PhD, died August 15, 2007.

Clcik here to read Jospeh J. Mangano's Tribute to Dr. John Gofman in The Nation.

Read the moving article The Journey called Life by Agnes Reynolds, Mom to Michelle and Jon, Wife of Gilbert. Cancer Parent. Staff RNC in Women's Health at Hartford Hospital, CT and volunteer tooth collector for the RPHP.

RPHP Researchers are featured in the award-winning documentary Fatal Fallout.

Read Alec Baldwin's letter giving his support to The Tooth Fairy Project.

Read Patch Adam's letter where he "wholeheartedly endorses the work of the Radiation and Public Health Project."

Want to know the results of the Tooth Study Where You Live? Look up average SR-90 tooth concentrations by location.

See how local infant deaths and childhood cancer decline after nuclear reactors close.

 

 

 

Public Education Tooth Fairy Project Long-Term Health Effects Study

Find out about our public information campaigns to educate concerning the adverse health effects of radiation exposure.
Learn more.

Help us track the effects of radiation in your community by simply donating one of your child's baby teeth. Learn more.

Download a tooth donation form.
We are currently not testing teeth. When this changes we will announce it here.

Could you be an adult who donated a tooth as a child in the 1960s? We have over 85,000 teeth from the original study and would like to follow up with you. Learn more.

Spotlight
 

Resolve health issues before building more nuke reactors
Joseph Mangano, Guest Columnist
Scranton Times Tribune
Tuesday, December 3, 2008

There are currently new plans to build a reactor at Bell Bend, just a few miles from two Susquehanna nuclear reactors. The new reactor would be the largest in the U.S., at 1600 megawatts electrical.
There should be no rush to build an expensive and quite possibly harmful nuclear reactor, until all health issues are studied and the public is informed of any risk.
Click here to read

Nuclear reactor needs "precautionary principle"
Joseph J. Mangano, MPH, MBA
Letters To The Editor, Asbury Park Press
Sunday November 30, 2008

Health and environmental policies have long observed the "precautionary principle" — if safety is uncertain, policies should be cautious. This principle should also be applied to the Oyster Creek nuclear facility.
Click here to read

Reactor a potential health risk
An OP Ed article by Joseph Mangano as guest columnist for the Annapolis (MD) Capilal was published Tuesday, November 25, 2008. The risks of the proposal to build a new reactor at the Calvert Cliffs plant in Maryland are clearly discussed.
Click here to read

New Study Shows Child Leukemia Near Nukes Rising
An RPHP study on rising child leukemia rates near U.S. nuclear plants was published in the most recent issue of the European Journal of Cancer Care.  Congressman Edward Markey and actor Alec Baldwin both commented on the research and its importance.
Click here to read the article (pdf format)
Click here to read the press release


The Clearwater reception

Joseph Mangano spoke at the Clearwater reception regarding Indian Point held October 10, 2008 at the 79th Street Boat Basin in NYC.
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The Misconception of Nuclear Power
This excellent article by Alec Baldwin at the Huffington Post explains why nuclear power is NOT a clean energy source nor a safe alternative to oil.
Click here to read

Fermi Celebration Ignores Health Risks
Joseph J. Mangano, MPH, MBA

Letters To The Editor, Monroe Sunday News,
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Presidential candidate John McCain gave a rousing endorsement to nuclear power during a recent visit to the Fermi nuclear plant. But does Fermi really live up to the slogan of “clean and safe” energy?
Click here to read Mr. Mangano's Letter

Too Much Cancer Already – New Nukes Too Big A Risk
Friday, August 8, 2008--Exelon Nuclear contends that its plan to build two new nuclear reactors will benefit Victoria County, Texas. But company officials don’t talk about the health risks the reactors will create. And public health, not economics or energy, should be the most critical aspect of the plan.
Click here to read Mr. Mangano's letter to the editor of the Victoria Advocate regarding this ill-advised plan

American utilities are considering ordering new nuclear power reactors, which would be the first such orders in the U.S. since 1978. One potential site would be the Grand Gulf plant near Port Gibson, Mississippi. Read Mr. Mangano's report regarding this, published in the International Journal of Health Services.
Clcik here to read

Read Mr. Mangano's letter to the editor of the Stamford Advocate regarding the nuclear Risks of Indian Point.
Click here

Click here to find out about our current St. Louis study, and to read articles about it from AP and St Louis Post-Dispatch

RPHP RECOGNIZES SEVERAL OF ITS MOST DEDICATED SUPPORTERS AT ITS ANNUAL 2008 MEETING
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Christie Brinkley and Joseph Mangano

CHRISTIE BRINKLEY RECOGNIZES RPHP AT SMART COOKIE AWARDS

On April 21, Christie Brinkley was one of seven women honored by Cookie Magazine with a "Smart Cookie" award. At the New York City ceremony, Brinkley singled out the RPHP Tooth Fairy Project as one of two causes

Christie Brinkley and Joseph Mangano

she is passionate about (the other is the Global Security Initiative). Avon Industries contributed $5000 to each honored organization.

Click here to read Christie's story and find out why she is a staunch supporter of RPHP

On May 13, 2008, RPHP held a press conference on health risks of Indian Point to Fairfield County CT, releasing a new report on the health risks Indian Point poses to Connecticut. Speakers included Joseph Mangano, Connecticut activist and breast cancer survivor Gail Merrill, and Fairfield Town official Larry Kaley.
Visit our education page to read the executive summary, full report and our press coverage.

RPHP Participates In large Public Forum in New Jersey on the health risks of keeping the Oyster Creek nuclear plant running for 20 more years
On February 20, 2008, RPHP Executive Director Joseph Mangano joined a panel discussion in Toms River NJ on health risks of the Oyster Creek nuclear reactor. The event, which was attended by 300 people, was sponsored by the Ocean County NJ League of Women Voters. Other speakers beside Mangano were actor and activist Alec Baldwin, League President Gail Saxer, Dr. Donald Louria of the New Jersey Medical School, and Richard Webster of the Eastern Environmental Law Center.
Click here for a transcript of Mangano’s presentation
Click here for an article in the Asbury Park Press
Click here for photographs of the event
Click here for the Press Release.
Click here to read the article: Baldwin on Oyster Creek:
          "This is a truly complicated issue"

Coal For Nukes - Replacing One Hazard With Another?
Joseph J. Mangano, MPH, MBA
Louisville Courier-Journal
Letters To The Editor Tuesday, March 11, 2008
The Kentucky legislature is considering a proposal to overturn a 1984 ban on building nuclear reactors in the state. But a coal-for-nukes swap may represent nothing more than replacing one environmental hazard with another.
Click here to read the entire article.

Vermont Yankee - Cancer Hazard To New Hampshire
Joseph J. Mangano, MPH, MBA
Keene Sentinel
Letters To The Editor
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Vermont Yankee hasn’t lived up to its “clean” billing. Between a potential meltdown and routine contamination, keeping it in operation may be more trouble than it’s worth. Instead of relying on an aging and corroding reactor, a plan focused on safe and renewable energy sources should be pursued.
Click here to read the entire article

RPHP Participates In large Public Forum in New Jersey on the health risks of keeping the Oyster Creek nuclear plant running for 20 more years
On February 20, 2008, RPHP Executive Director Joseph Mangano joined a panel discussion in Toms River NJ on health risks of the Oyster Creek nuclear reactor. The event, which was attended by 300 people, was sponsored by the Ocean County NJ League of Women Voters. Other speakers beside Mangano were actor and activist Alec Baldwin, League President Gail Saxer, Dr. Donald Louria of the New Jersey Medical School, and Richard Webster of the Eastern Environmental Law Center.
Click here for a transcript of Mangano’s presentation
Click here for an article in the Asbury Park Press
Click here for photographs of the event
Click here for the Press Release.
Click here to read the article: Baldwin on Oyster Creek: "This is a truly complicated issue"

Read RPHP Board member Karl Grossman's feature article Money Is the Real Green Power, The hoax of eco-friendly nuclear energy
by clicking here.

Public Health Risks Of Extending Licenses Of The Indian Point 2 and 3 Nuclear Reactors
On November 12, 2007, RPHP released a detailed report on the health threats posed by the Indian Point nuclear plant at a press conference in New York City. The report contains much original research by RPHP on radioactive contamination from Indian Point, and on unexpectedly high cancer rates near the plant.
Click here to read the Executive Summary
Click here to read the entire report
The press conference was reported by NBC Nightly News, CBS-2 TV NYC, NBC-4 TV NYC, Fox-5 TV NYC, ABC-7 TV NYC, New York One TV, News-12 Westchester, WCBS-880 radio NYC, Columbia University radio NYC, Metro Network (WABC, WOR radio) NYC, Westchester Journal News and The New York Post.
Click here to read The coverage by the Westchester Journal News

Educating New Jersey
On The Risks Of The Oyster Creek Nuclear Reactor

Joseph J. Mangano, MPH, MBA
Click here to read about our New Jersey campaign

Sections of the above report may be accessed
by clicking below on the desired subject:
Press Conference and Report Release
RPHP Newspaper Editorials and Coverage
Public Testimony
Progress on License Extension Decision
Opinions of Elected Officials on Oyster Creek

16 Editorials in 2007 and 12 Editorials in 2006 warn about the health risks of building new nuclear reactors.
Click here to read the 2007 editorials
Click here to read the 2006 editorials
Be sure also to check out our list of publications by clicking here as well as our trade and technical articles.
(Or, click on the "Reading Room" menu item at the top of this page.)

We are very proud of our internet article and guide, Making Use of the Internet to Obtain Data on Nuclear Reactor Performance and Health Risk Near Reactors: A Guide for Non Health Professionals by Joseph J. Mangano. With it, you will be able to do your own health risk analysis. Click here to read and begin your own study of health and radiation exposure in your community.

 
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