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The study had earlier been linked by some to Johns Hopkins University,
while close scrutiny shows that it is the editor of the journal who has
that affiliation, rather than some official endorsement by the medical
center.
Efforts to gain private and government funding continue. With respect
to government funding, efforts remain underway on a broad scale to gain
funding which is focused on the state level. In the State of New
York, Westchester and Suffolk counties have provided $25K and $35K,
respectively.
When 5,000 teeth are analyzed, RPHP plans to correlate the levels of
radioactivity by location. Currently the group targets areas around
nuclear plants by zip code.
As mentioned in previous postings by RADSAFERS, RPHP is closely linked to
the STAR Foundation (http://www.noradiation.org), and
numerous other activist groups, with actor Alec Baldwin donating his time and
often serving as the moderator for key Tooth Fairy Project public meetings.
In an attempt to get valid information, I contacted the USEPA,
specifically officials at the National Air and Radiation Monitoring
Laboratory, who operate the Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring
System (ERAMS). This program continues to analyze Sr-90 in air, soil,
water and milk across the U.S. The EPA would not comment on the Tooth
Fairy Project at that time since nothing had been published, and they are
understandably not inclined to comment on anecdotal
information. Hopefully now that this study has surfaced the EPA
will provide some comment regarding the lack of any such increase in Sr-90
(granted they are using different medium), or take some action to verify the
methodology and results of the study. One can view Sr-90
quarterly data from 1993-1997 on the ERAMS web site (< http://www.epa.gov/narel/erdonline.html>).
It is expected that the State of New Jersey would address the
issues raised by the project in their upcoming report regarding Toms River, New
Jersey and cancers in that area.
This posting has been provided with the intent of offering some new
information possibly not previously reported on RADSAFE. It is
not meant to impugn any individuals involved. Good science should
prevail in resolving this issue.
My personal opinion only,
Roger Shaw, CHP
McCarter & English
973-622-4444
Franz. you wrote:
RADSAFErs,
------------------------------------------------------------------------I have since long not heard anything about the tooth fairy project and a = search on "junkscience" revealed no useful information. I do not want to start another thread on the nonsense of this topic, it = has been discussed exhaustively, but I would be interested, whether any = results have been published yet. To me it seems that the publication of = results has been announced to take place within "short time" since = almost two years. Maybe they are still collecting funds....... Franz This e-mail message from the law firm of McCarter & English, LLP is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail (or at helpdesk@mccarter.com) and destroy all copies of the original message. ======================================================================== |