Re: The Tooth Fairy project

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

> why  do they not sample the
> water, air, soil and vegetation around  all nuclear power plants?  It
> would seem to me that for Sr90 to be incorporated into the teeth, it
> somehow needs to be in the air/food/water pathway and would be present in
> high enough concentrations to certainly be detected.  

The answer is simple. The results, which are publicly published, 
would show no increase, no correlation whatsoever. It's a lot more 
dramatic to pull some teeth and show values. Next we'll be assuming 
mantle lanterns are indicative of power plant emissions.

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