Re: Critics Allege Infant Mortality Rate

[Franz Schoenhofer <schoenho@via.at>]

At 10:43 27.04.2000 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Now I have a question: the reason the study used baby teeth was the chemical
>characteristic of strontium that leads to finding it anywhere one finds
>calcium, which is a reasonable approach. But the same can be said for
>potassium, can it not? 

I have no data available, but being a chemist (radiochemist) I hardly
believe that K-40 will be present to any significant amounts in teeth.

Has anyone done a technical examination of the
>analytical methods used by the Tooth Fairy project to see if they simply
>have found K-40 and assumed it was Sr-90? 

I do not know the radiochemical methods used, but I can assure you that in
all the many slightly different approaches for chemical separation of Sr-90
I know any K-40 theoretically present would be fully separated from Sr-90.
Whatever you wrote about your reservations for the "study" I fully agree
with you.



(I may be displaying my ignorance
>of these analytical methods, and if so, I apologize in advance for the use
>of bandwidth.)

I accept this apology under the condition that you accept my apology for 
not having any clue about accelerators.....

Franz


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