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Re: RADIATION AND HEALTH SEMINAR
Maybe that explains the high succes rate of little league baseball in Japan
and Tom's River.
I wish I was an actor with plenty of time on my hands.
Bob Denne
rdenne@worldnet.att.net
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From: Michael C. Baker <mcbaker@lanl.gov>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 1999 11:51 AM
Subject: RADIATION AND HEALTH SEMINAR
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> Anyone living near this event and really in need of some entertainment?
>
> Mike ... mcbaker@lanl.gov
>
> ------------------------------------------
>
>
> Alec Baldwin
> on behalf of
> RADIATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH PROJECT (RPHP)
> STANDING FOR TRUTH ABOUT RADIATION (STAR)
> TOXIC ENVIRONMENTS EFFECT CHILDRENS HEALTH (TEACH)
> Cordially invites you to attend
> A discussion of the baby teeth study and cancer rates in Toms River, New
> Jersey
> RADIATION AND HEALTH SEMINAR
> 7 P.M. Tuesday September 21, 1999
> Ocean County College
> Toms River, New Jersey
>
> PROGRAM
> Alec Baldwin, Moderator
>
> Jay Gould, Ph.D. - Ernest Sternglass, Ph.D.
> Co-Directors, The Tooth Fairy Project
> TOPIC: The baby teeth study past and present.
>
> Janette D. Sherman, M.D., Internal Medicine
> TOPIC: Nuclear radiation, chemical carcinogens and breast cancer.
>
> Randy Snell, SEARCH, Long Island, New York
> TOPIC: Seeking the truth about cancer clusters.
>
> CONTRIBUTION OF YOUR CHILDREN'S BABY TEETH
> AT THIS EVENT IS VITAL TO OUR PROJECT
>
> For information, contact:
> Scott Cullen, STAR Foundation, Long Island, (516) 324-0655; or
> Julie Brown, Radiation and Public Health Project, Miami, (305) 531-1445.
>
> The Baby Teeth Study. Actor Alec Baldwin sent a letter to 15,000 families
> in New York and New Jersey, asking them to donate their children's teeth
to
> the "Tooth Fairy Project," a national, scientific study of Americans'
> exposure to radioactivity. Today, we are inviting you to bring your
> children's teeth when you attend this Radiation and Health Seminar, for a
> public discussion of the baby teeth study and cancer rates in Toms River,
> New Jersey.
>
> Why Study Baby Teeth? The chemical structure of radioactive strontium
> (called Sr-90) is similar to calcium, and, when ingested by pregnant
women,
> some of it is transferred to the bones of the fetus. Sr-90 can be measured
> in the deciduous teeth that children lose between the ages of 5 and 11.
> Once in the body, Sr-90 continually irradiates cells in the bone and
> blood-forming element for many years where it can induce bone cancer or
> leukemia. Babies who ingest breast milk and children who drink cows milk
> and formula-based milk may also ingest Sr-90, which settles in their
bones.
> The Federal Government no longer measures Sr-90 uptake in the body. As a
> result, the Radiation and Public Health Project (RPHP) has launched its
own
> national study of the levels of Sr-90 in baby teeth. This study will
> measure the Sr-90 levels in teeth. If they are elevated, we will then need
> to determine whether nuclear power reactors and research reactors at
> federal laboratories (such as Brookhaven) are affecting our public health
> and contributing to America's cancer epidemic.
>
> Study History. Sr-90 is a known carcinogen that did not exist in nature
> prior to 1945, the dawn of the nuclear age. >From 1954 to 1963, during
> atmospheric nuclear testing, the amount of Sr-90 from fallout rose rapidly
> in human bone when tested in adult cadavers in N.Y.C, according to
official
> U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) data. Baby teeth were also examined, and
> the Sr-90 levels were increasing rapidly. As a result, in 1963 President
> Kennedy terminated all above ground testing of nuclear weapons through the
> US/USSR Partial Test Ban Treaty.
>
> To speed ratification of the Partial Test Ban in 1963, the White House
> asked Dr. Ernest Sternglass, now emeritus professor of radiological
physics
> at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School, to testify before a
> congressional committee on the effect of low level radiation in inducing
> childhood cancer. After the termination of above ground nuclear bomb
tests,
> the amount of Sr-90 found in both adults and children's baby teeth
declined
> rapidly. However, 1970 was the last year in which baby teeth were
> officially tested and the DOE stopped publishing adult Sr-90 levels in
> 1982. Thus, it is fitting that Dr. Sternglass is now co-directing a second
> independent study of baby teeth. Currently, the RPHP Baby Teeth Study is
> focusing on the greater New York/New Jersey metropolitan area to see if
> Sr-90 levels are once again elevated in baby teeth. Possibly this study
> will help explain why we are presently witnessing otherwise inexplicable
> clusters of cancer in children, and increases in breast and prostate
cancer
> in adults.
>
> Co-Sponsors:
> COALITION FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
> NEW JERSEY BREAST CANCER COALITION
> UNPLUG SALEM
>
> Directions to Fine Arts Building, Ocean Community College, Toms River, New
> Jersey, (732) 255-0400
> From the North or South:
> -Take Exit 82 from Garden State Parkway. Proceed east on State Route 37
> towards Toms River/Seaside Heights.
> -Go about 1 mile (2 traffic lights). Turn at jughandle to Route 549 North
> (Hopper Avenue).
> -Proceed 3 miles to jughandle leading to Ocean County College Campus in
> Toms River.
> -Security Guard in Parking Lot #1 will provide directions to the Seminar
in
> the Fine Arts Building/Theater.
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> <br>
> Anyone living near this event and really in need of some
> entertainment?<br>
> <br>
> Mike ... mcbaker@lanl.gov<br>
> <br>
> ------------------------------------------<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <font size=3D4><b><div align=3D"center">
> Alec Baldwin</font></b> <br>
> <font size=3D4>on behalf of</font> <br>
> <b>RADIATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH PROJECT (RPHP)</b> <br>
> <b>STANDING FOR TRUTH ABOUT RADIATION (STAR)</b> <br>
> <b>TOXIC ENVIRONMENTS EFFECT CHILDRENS HEALTH (TEACH)</b> <br>
> <font size=3D4><i>Cordially invites you to attend</font></i> <br>
> <font size=3D4><b>A discussion of the baby teeth study and cancer rates in
> Toms River, New Jersey</font></b> <br>
> <font size=3D5>RADIATION AND HEALTH SEMINAR</font> <br>
> <font face=3D"News Gothic MT" size=3D4>7 P.M. Tuesday September 21,
> 1999</font><font face=3D"News Gothic MT"> <br>
> </font><font face=3D"News Gothic MT" size=3D4>Ocean County
> College</font><font face=3D"News Gothic MT"> <br>
> </font><font face=3D"News Gothic MT" size=3D4>Toms River, New
> Jersey</font><font face=3D"News Gothic MT"> <br>
> <br>
> <u>PROGRAM</u> <br>
> Alec Baldwin</font><font face=3D"News Gothic MT" size=3D4>,
> Moderator</font><font face=3D"News Gothic MT"> <br>
> <br>
> </font><font face=3D"News Gothic MT" size=3D4><b>Jay Gould, Ph.D. - Ernest
> Sternglass, Ph.D.</font></b><font face=3D"News Gothic MT"> <br>
> </font><font face=3D"News Gothic MT" size=3D4><b>Co-Directors, The Tooth
> Fairy Project</font></b><font face=3D"News Gothic MT"> <br>
> </font><font face=3D"News Gothic MT" size=3D4><b>TOPIC</b>: <i>The baby
teet=
> h
> study past and present.</font></i><font face=3D"News Gothic MT"> <br>
> <br>
> </font><font face=3D"News Gothic MT" size=3D4><b>Janette D. Sherman, M.D.,
> Internal Medicine</font></b><font face=3D"News Gothic MT"> <br>
> </font><font face=3D"News Gothic MT" size=3D4><b>TOPIC</b>: <i>Nuclear
> radiation, chemical carcinogens and breast
> cancer.</font></i><font face=3D"News Gothic MT"> <br>
> <br>
> </font><font face=3D"News Gothic MT" size=3D4><b>Randy Snell, SEARCH, Long
> Island, New York</font></b><font face=3D"News Gothic MT"> <br>
> </font><font face=3D"News Gothic MT" size=3D4><b>TOPIC: </b><i>Seeking the
> truth about cancer clusters.</font></i><font face=3D"News Gothic MT">=20
> <br>
> <br>
> </font><font size=3D4><b>CONTRIBUTION OF YOUR CHILDREN'S BABY
> TEETH</font></b> <br>
> <font size=3D4><b>AT THIS EVENT IS VITAL TO OUR PROJECT</font></b> <br>
> <br>
> <i>For information, contact</i>: <br>
> <b>Scott Cullen,</b> <b>STAR Foundation</b>, Long Island, (516) 324-0655;
> or <br>
> <b>Julie Brown, Radiation and Public Health Project</b>, Miami, (305)
> 531-1445.<br>
> <br>
> <b><u></div>
> The Baby Teeth Study</u>. </b>Actor <b>Alec Baldwin</b> sent a letter to
> 15,000 families in New York and New Jersey, asking them to donate their
> children's teeth to the <b><i>"Tooth Fairy Project,"</b></i> a
> national, scientific study of Americans' exposure to radioactivity.
> Today, we are inviting you to <b>bring your children=92s teeth</b> when
you
> attend this <b>Radiation and Health Seminar</b>, for a public discussion
> of the baby teeth study and cancer rates in Toms River, New Jersey.=20
> <br>
> <br>
> <b><u>Why Study Baby Teeth</u>?</b> The chemical structure of radioactive
> strontium (called Sr-90) is similar to calcium, and, when ingested by
> pregnant women, some of it is transferred to the bones of the fetus.
> Sr-90 can be measured in the deciduous teeth that children lose between
> the ages of 5 and 11. Once in the body, Sr-90 continually irradiates
> cells in the bone and blood-forming element for many years where it can
> induce bone cancer or leukemia. Babies who ingest breast milk and
> children who drink cows milk and formula-based milk may also ingest
> Sr-90, which settles in their bones. <br>
> The Federal Government no longer measures Sr-90 uptake in the body. As a
> result, the <b>Radiation and Public Health Project (RPHP)</b> has
> launched its own national study of the levels of Sr-90 in baby teeth.
> This study will measure the Sr-90 levels in teeth. If they are elevated,
> we will then need to determine whether nuclear power reactors and
> research reactors at federal laboratories (such as Brookhaven) are
> affecting our public health and contributing to America=92s cancer
> epidemic. <br>
> <br>
> <b><u>Study History</b></u>. Sr-90 is a known carcinogen that did not
> exist in nature prior to 1945, the dawn of the nuclear age. >From 1954
> to 1963, during atmospheric nuclear testing, the amount of Sr-90 from
> fallout rose rapidly in human bone when tested in adult cadavers in
> N.Y.C, according to official U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) data. Baby
> teeth were also examined<b>,</b> and the Sr-90 levels were increasing
> rapidly. As a result, in 1963 <b>President Kennedy </b>terminated all
> above ground testing of nuclear weapons through the US/USSR Partial Test
> Ban Treaty. <br>
> <br>
> To speed ratification of the Partial Test Ban in 1963, the White House
> asked<b> Dr. Ernest Sternglass</b>, now emeritus professor of
> radiological physics at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School, to
> testify before a congressional committee on the effect of low level
> radiation in inducing childhood cancer. After the termination of above
> ground nuclear bomb tests, the amount of Sr-90 found in both adults and
> children's baby teeth declined rapidly. However, 1970 was the last year
> in which baby teeth were officially tested and the DOE stopped publishing
> adult Sr-90 levels in 1982. Thus, it is fitting that <b>Dr.
> Sternglass</b> is now co-directing a second independent study of baby
> teeth. Currently, the <b>RPHP Baby Teeth Study</b> is focusing on the
> greater New York/New Jersey metropolitan area to see if Sr-90 levels are
> once again elevated in baby teeth. Possibly this study will help explain
> why we are presently witnessing otherwise inexplicable clusters of cancer
> in children, and increases in breast and prostate cancer in adults.=20
> <br>
> <br>
> <i><div align=3D"center">
> Co-Sponsors:</i> <br>
> <b>COALITION FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE</b> <br>
> <b>NEW JERSEY BREAST CANCER COALITION</b> <br>
> <b>UNPLUG SALEM<br>
> <br>
> </b><font face=3D"Times New Roman, Times"></div>
> Directions to Fine Arts Building, Ocean Community College, Toms River,
> New Jersey, (732) 255-0400 <br>
> From the North or South: <br>
> </font><font face=3D"Times New Roman, Times" size=3D4>-Take Exit 82 from
> Garden State Parkway. Proceed east on State Route 37 towards Toms
> River/Seaside Heights.</font><font face=3D"Times New Roman, Times"> <br>
> </font><font face=3D"Times New Roman, Times" size=3D4>-Go about 1 mile (2
> traffic lights). Turn at jughandle to Route 549 North (Hopper
> Avenue).</font><font face=3D"Times New Roman, Times"> <br>
> </font><font face=3D"Times New Roman, Times" size=3D4>-Proceed 3 miles to
> jughandle leading to Ocean County College Campus in Toms
> River.</font><font face=3D"Times New Roman, Times"> <br>
> </font><font face=3D"Times New Roman, Times" size=3D4>-Security Guard in
> Parking Lot #1 will provide directions to the Seminar in the Fine Arts
> Building/Theater.<br>
> </font>-- <br>
> <br>
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