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Projects
| Education and Public
Forums - RPHP has as part of its mission to publish the results
of research dealing with the impact of low-level radiation on public
health and to disseminate this information to the public, media, policy
makers and the scientific community. This mission includes promoting
public awareness and responsible public policy related to radiation
and public health, in the areas of freedom of information...objective
medical and scientific investigation... institutional accountability...independent
oversight...and responsible public health and environmental policy.
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| The Tooth Fairy
Project - RPHP has tested 4780 children's teeth for levels
of radioactive Strontium-90. We found that average Sr-90 levels rose
50% in the 1990s, are highest near nuclear plants, and appear linked
to childhood cancer trends. The Child
Cancer Tooth Study - As an outgrowth of the Tooth Fairy Project,
we conducted a study of Sr-90 in teeth of children with cancer (124
teeth were tested). Preliminary findings show average Sr-90 levels
are considerably higher than those of healthy children. |
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| The Long-Term
Health Effects (Baby Boomers) Study (St. Louis Study) - Our
third major focus is the result of an unexpected gift of 85,000 individually-identified
baby teeth from Washington University in St. Louis. These teeth, not
used in a landmark 1958-1970 study, give us the unprecedented opportunity
to examine health effects of bomb test fallout on Baby Boomers. Identifying
and testing teeth of 200 Boomers who have died and/or developed cancer
by age 45, and comparing results to 200 healthy Boomers will provide
a meaningful test on whether Sr-90 raises risk of death and cancer. |
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