Re[2]: Tooth Fairy

[steve.rima@doegjpo.com (Steven Rima)]

     Norm,
     
     One very major correction with what you and the TFP keep claiming. The 
     amount of Sr90 in teeth will NOT give an indication about emissions. 
     What it does give is an indication of the person's intake of Sr90. As 
     others on the list have pointed out previously, there are many 
     potential sources of Sr90 intake, and breathing it is NOT a 
     significant one. Food, milk, water, etc... are the real sources, and 
     simply assuming that any Sr90 in the teeth was emitted from a nuclear 
     power plant, or any other source, in the area where the child is from 
     is simply wrong!
     
     You would have to know where the child's milk, food, water, etc. came 
     from and then follow those pathways to really find out where the Sr90 
     in the teeth came from. The TFP's assumption that any Sr90 in teeth 
     must have come from a local source is, at best, very bad science, and 
     at worst, a bald-faced lie.
     
     Competent Health Physicists understand the fundamental difference 
     here, but apparently you, the TFP, certain movie stars and others 
     either don't understand it or choose to ignore it since it doesn't fit 
     the predetermined outcome that you're trying to 'prove.' Which is it?
     
     Steven D. Rima, CHP, CSP
     Certified Health Physicist


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Subject: Re: Tooth Fairy
Author:  Norman & Karen Cohen <norco@bellatlantic.net> at Internet
Date:    8/16/00 12:08 AM


Hi Terry
     
I believe I posted this back in "round one", but you've got it basically 
correct. The idea is that most of the sr-90
would be absorbed by the fetus while the baby teeth are forming. This would 
hopefully give the TFP a 'snapshot'
of Sr-90 emissions in a limited time period.
     
I understand the criticisms of food intake, fallout patterns, and how exactly 
the sr-90 gets into the food and thus into the teeth. That's why I have said, 
lets wait until there are teeth collected and analyzed from nuke plants (and 
non-nuke areas) from all over the country.
     
norm
     
"Harmon, Terry O'Devah (ONF)" wrote:
     
> Strontium is in the same group as Calcium on the periodic table.  This means 
> that they have similar chemical properties.  Strontium will act like
> calcium, therefore, it will taken up by the bones and teeth.  It is probably 
> taken up in milk and other sources of calcium.  They are probably using baby 
> teeth because they are easy to collect.
> Terry Harmon
> Sr. Health Physics Tech
> Kelly Scientific Resources
> Phone: (865) 241-0289
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> Email: onf@ <mailto:harmonto@ornl.gov> bechteljacobs.org 
>
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