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Projects
The
Tooth Fairy Project - RPHP has tested 4000 children's teeth
for levels of radioactive Strontium-90. We found that average Sr-90
levels rose 50% in the 1990s, are highest near nuclear plants, and
appear linked to childhood cancer trends.
Collecting and testing another 350 teeth
this year will provide significant results near eight plants in
the Northeast, California, and Florida. |
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The
Child Cancer Tooth Study - As an outgrowth of the Tooth
Fairy Project, we are conducting a study of Sr-90 in teeth of children
with cancer (100 teeth have been donated thus far).
reliminary findings show average Sr-90 levels
are considerably higher than those of healthy children. Collecting
and testing an additional 200 "cancer teeth" will provide
meaningful comparisons in Florida, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania |
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Long-Term Health Effects (Baby Boomers) Study (St. Louis Study)
- Our third major focus is the result of an unexpected gift of 85,000
individually-identified baby teeth from Washington University in St.
Louis. These teeth, not used in a landmark 1958-1970 study, give us
the unprecedented opportunity to examine health effects of bomb test
fallout on Baby Boomers. Identifying and testing teeth of 200 Boomers
who have died and/or developed cancer by age 45, and comparing results
to 200 healthy Boomers will provide a meaningful test on whether Sr-90
raises risk of death and cancer. |
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