[ RadSafe ] NJ hosts hearing on study of radiation in baby teeth

[Richard L. Hess]

> The study, which is ongoing, has found that levels of the element
> were 30 to 50 percent higher among children living in counties with
> nuclear plants, according to Joseph J. Mangano, national coordinator
> of the Radiation and Public Health Project.

So I know the TFP is considered bad science here, but how do they come up with
this increase and if this was leaking out wouldn't the NGS's detectors go into
alarm?
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Richard L. Hess
http://www.richardhess.com/


Quoting Sandy Perle <sandyfl at earthlink.net>:

> NJ hosts hearing on study of radiation in baby teeth
>
> EWING, N.J. (AP) - Children who live near nuclear plants carry
> lifelong radioactive residue, according to a group that appealed for
> support Wednesday in a public hearing before the New Jersey
> Commission on Radiation Protection.
>
> The nonprofit Radiation and Public Health Project, which has been
> conducting the "Tooth Fairy Project," examining the baby teeth of
> children who grow up near nuclear reactors, said the data may hold
> clues to stemming increases in childhood cancer.
>
> The Tooth Fairy Project, begun in 1998, has collected more than 4,000
> baby teeth nationally - 600 in New Jersey - and examined them for
> evidence of Strontium-90, a radioactive byproduct of atomic reactions
> that lodges in bones and teeth.
>
> The study, which is ongoing, has found that levels of the element
> were 30 to 50 percent higher among children living in counties with
> nuclear plants, according to Joseph J. Mangano, national coordinator
> of the Radiation and Public Health Project.
>
> "In several areas, including Ocean and Monmouth counties, RPHP found
> that trends in Sr-90 in baby teeth were matched by similar trends in
> cancer diagnosed in children under age 10," he said.
>
> Edith Gbur, a spokeswoman for Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch, said high
> cancer rates in some parts of New Jersey have not been explained by
> authorities.
>
> "We need to demonstrate scientifically that the nuclear plant has
> harmed people, especially children," she said.
>
> New Jersey has four nuclear power plants: Oyster Creek in Ocean
> County and Salem I and II and Hope Creek in Salem County.