Re: Toothy Fairy

[Alan Watts <wattsa@oak.cats.ohiou.edu>]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the original intent of the "Tooth
Fairy" project, two plus years ago (I'm not sure when it started - I
thought 1996 time frame), was to determine the extent of Sr-90 fall-out
from Chernobyl.  The project included collecting children's teeth in the US
as well as all over Europe.

Alan Watts
RSO
Ohio University


>Eric Daxon said:
>
>     "I have been following this discussion and would like to make one
>     point.  It is important for us to answer these issues as best as we
>     can because silence usually implies agreement.  I would encourage
>     folks in the affected area to take the time to write a balanced letter
>     to the editor of the local newspapers to bring science to the issue."
>
>Rest assured that letter writing is taking place on this issue. Though, I
>have to point out that there have been similar volleys of "letters to the
>editor" on this issue before; baby tooth collection was first proposed in
>this area by Ernie Sternglass' disciple, Jay Gould, two years ago.  While
>small local papers carried our responses, it was difficult to assess whether
>we were reaching anyone.   On the bright side, the tooth collection project
>didn't seem to be reaching anyone anyway.  Perhaps we were only speaking to
>each other then.  Since that time, however, Mr. Baldwin has thrown his
>celebrity power behind the project.  Now, instead of one obscure individual
>raising the nuclear cancer spectre, we have a star whose name gets it
>national attention in Newsweek.
>
>
>Gary Schroeder
>Environmental Services Division
>Brookhaven National Laboratory
>schroede@bnl.gov
>
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