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The South Florida Baby Teeth and Cancer Case
Study
was officially released April 9th, 2003. The Study finds that infants
and children are especially vulnerable to cancer caused by federally-permitted
radiation releases from nuclear reactors such as the Turkey Point
and St. Lucie nuclear power plants, located in southeast Florida.
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Dr. Janette
Sherman's editorial, published in the
New York Times,
discusses serious omissions in the National Cancer Institute's study
of breast cancer in Long Island women.
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Read about RPHP in The May/June 2002 issue of
E: The Environmental
Magazine
Glowing in the Dark Baby Teeth Studies Reveal Childhood Radiation
Exposure
By Joni Praded
- Infant Deaths and Childhood
Cancer Drop Dramatically After Nuclear Plants Close
Long-term health benefits provide another reason to end experiment with
nuclear power.
[November 30, 2001, New York, NY] Dramatic declines
in local infant death and childhood cancer rates occurred soon after
the closing of eight nuclear power plants, according to a new report
announced by New York State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, Radiation
and Public Health Project, and the STAR Foundation. The study documents
a 17.4% reduction in infant mortality in the downwind counties within
40 miles two years after reactor closing, compared to a national decline
of just 6.4%
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The biggest energy news story of 2001, completely ignored
by US mainstream media, is perhaps an article appearing in The
New Scientist on Dec. 15 2001.
Read Dr. Gould's
review
- Read an article and two charts by Dr. Gould showing 20
Million Premature US Deaths Since 1950.
- Media coverage of our St. Louis Teath Study
Dr. Gould was interviewed on November 9th by Noah Adams, a senior host
of National Public Radio's All Things Considered. Here
Dr. Gould spoke about the importance of the newly discovered 85,000
St. Louis baby teeth.
If You have Real Player, click here to listen to this
interview.
Op-ed article by
Dr. Gould in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Tooth donors need a checkup.
- Read our recent Comment Statement to
the NRC Regarding Re-licensing of Turkey Point 3 and 4 Reactors.
- Read Alec Baldwin's letter
to find out why he supports The Tooth Fairy Project.
- Environmental Radiation
from Nuclear Reactors and Increasing Children's Cancer in Southeastern
Florida
A Special Report on the Florida Baby Tooth Study
March 28, 2001.
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- On November 29th, Alec Baldwin hosted a reception for the Radiation
and Public Health Project at the Harmony Club in Manhattan where the
first annual Public Health Award was given to Dr. Gould.
Read a more complete
report on this event, including the complete text of Dr. Sternglass'
remarks upon this occasion.
- Westchester Becomes
Second County to Fund RPHP Baby Tooth Project
Read the media coverage of our presentation to the Westchester County
Legislature Health Committee: A Study Comparing Radioactive Strontium-90
In Baby Teeth With Cancer Rates In Westchester County, Thursday
November 2nd, 2000
- Westchester Weekly
- The
NY Journal News
- Press Release
- Media Advisory
- Statement of Support from U.S. Rep. Maurice
Hinchey (D-NY)
