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Re: fallout vs reactor emissions
Hi Paul,
as usual, will answer what i can to the best of my knowledge.
in the dashes below --------
"Pollan, Paul B." wrote:
> Here is a quote from the What's Hot" section of the "UNPLUG" web page
> regarding speakers at an upcoming event:
>
-------- Glad to see you visited our admittedly primitive, volunteer run
webpage.-----
> "Robert Alvarez will discuss the current climate for electric utility
> deregulation and the dangerous effects deregulation could be having on
> reactor safety in the nuclear power industry. Randy Snell will discuss ways
> of seeking the truth about cancer clusters. And Joseph Mangano will discuss
> both the Tooth Fairy Project and also discuss studies of health statistics
> in areas after nuclear reactors close. Mangano has recently authored a study
> that shows that cancers and infant mortality go down in these areas quite
> soon after the closure of a nuclear power plant"
>
> Questions:
>
> (1) I could be wrong about this, but would not the population decrease
> attributable to job loss following a nuclear plant closing affect the study
> that "cancers and infant mortality go down in these areas quite soon after
> the closure of a nuclear power plant"? Certainly cancers and infant
> mortality will decrease when the population drops! Check the US Census
> Bureau for population changes in the areas that Mr. Mangano speaks of and
> see if this isn't so.
> ------- You certainly raise a valid point. Don't know how that's factored in.
> However,
just because a facility closes doesn;t mean everyone moves away-----------
>
> (2) What are the amounts of Sr-90 that "The Tooth Fairy Project" refers to?
> ------ They are relatively small, as has been mentioned by others on this
> list. It's the
trend RPHP is looking at for sr-90, does it increase in baby teeth or go
down>-----
>
> (3) What kind of device are the baby teeth counted on, and how are these
> prepared for counting?
> - Spellation counter (check a previous posting, someone already corrected me
> on this).
I don't know how they are prepared, I think that same posting mentioned how its
usually done--
>
> (4) What is the count time of the teeth?
> ---- don't know---
>
> (5) Are there any other studies of children's teeth far away from any power
> plants, or is it consistent throughout the world? I do trust that the
> Project gathered enough statistical data to support the claims made.
>
------- don't know, don't recall whether their website www.radiation.org has
that info------
>
> (6) Can Mr. Mangano provide the supporting documentation by reputable
> sources that was "uncovered" for his study, or did Mr. Mangano gather all
> the data himself?
> ------ Its my understanding, at least on the Salem (NJ) study, which i am more
> familiar with, that all data is available for the NIH, or from other national
> cancer data banks ------
>
> (7) Can the results Mr. Mangano refers to be duplicated by others in an
> un-biased manner?
> ------ It's statistical analysis, so it should. don't know if it has
> been--------
>
> - Just applying a questioning attitude and the Scientific Method to the
> so-called "studies". Thank you for your time. I must now get back to
> reading about the latest natural gas line/tanker explosion that killed
> bunches of people. (I wonder what the 'effective half-life' of natural gas
> is?)
> ------- .00005 seconds ? :) But you know, the point isn't to pit one power
> source against
another. ----------
norm----
>
> Please note that the questions and comments posed are my own and do not
> necessarily reflect those of my employer or any other person or entity,
> alive or deceased.
>
> "You can only be ignorant about something once." - anonymous
>
> Paul B. Pollan, RRPT
> pbpollan@southernco.com
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Norman & Karen Cohen [SMTP:norco@bellatlantic.net]
> > Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 12:45 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: fallout vs reactor emissions
> >
> >
> > According to my friends at the Tooth fairy Project here's the answer to
> > one of
> > your questions:
> >
> > > Q. How do you differentiate Sr90 from bomb tests and from reactor
> > emissions?
> >
> > > A. You can't. However, if you find (like we have) that there has been
> > > virtually no change in Sr90 levels for children born in the early 1980s,
> > late
> > > 1980s, and early 1990s, it's got to be something other than old bomb
> > test
> > > fallout decaying. The only other answer is reactor emissions.
> > >
> >
> > Norm
> >
> >
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