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The Tooth Fairy Project

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Project Overview

Using baby teeth from 1950s/1960s and death index. These were collected are still available for genetic studies.

A. Problems.

  1. No government studies performed on bomb fallout and health.
  2. Unsupported government claim that relatively low-dose radiation poses no threat.

B. Goal.

  1. Calculate death risk, from cancer and other causes, using baby teeth from 1950s/1960s, and death index
  2. Estimate death risk from cancer and other causes in other exposed groups (atomic veterans, nuclear plant employees, other)

C. Items Needed

  1. Baby teeth from Americans born 1950s/1960s, with data on each tooth and donor
  2. Liquid spectrometer machine/radiochemistry lab to test teeth for radiation levels
  3. National Death Index search to identify tooth donors
  4. List of donors on Missouri voter registration rolls – perhaps do a survey
  5. Statistical testing, written report, journal article
  6. Effort to publicize results

D. Personnel

  1. Joseph Mangano – management, research
  2. New Full Time or Part Time Employee – research, public relations
  3. Lab Director – testing teeth
  4. RPHP Board of Directors – advisory
  5. Kathy Sinai – advisory, management, fund raising

Contact Kathy Sinai for further information.

Tooth Fairy Project

High and rising levels of radioactive Strontium-90 were measured in nearly 5,000 baby teeth, the only study of in-body radiation levels near U.S. nuclear plants.

  • Read a brief summary of the “Tooth Fairy Project” and its results
  • Read the five medical journal articles about the findings
  • View media reports on the “Tooth Fairy Project” from sources like the New York Times and USA Today
  • Order Joseph Mangano’s book on the history of studies of radiation in baby teeth
  • Read the journal article and New York Times story of RPHP research on cancer risk to Baby Boomers using Strontium-90 levels in their baby teeth
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