Re: Why study baby teeth?

["Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@hotmail.com>]

>  Why do you as a scientist  reject this project whose purpose is to find 
>the source of the cancer cluster in Toms River and may have implications 
>for other communities?

Does your group investigate
1. Cancer clusters in areas where there are no nuclear activities
2. Areas where there are no cancer clusters (lower incidence than normal)?

Do you have any clue to why hot dog consumption correlates so well with 
childhood leukemia in California (published in Cancer Causes and Control 
around 1994)? And BTW: For childhood leukemias it now seems like infections 
of the mother during pregnancy may be an important factor. Traffic intensity 
is another one (see data for Boulder, CO, published around 1988-1989). Do 
you investigate such factors?

My personal reflections only,

Bjorn Cedervall   bcradsafers@hotmail.com

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