Jay
M. Gould, Ernest J. Sternglass, Janette D. Sherman, Jerry Brown,
William McDonnell, Joseph J. Mangano
International Journal of Health Services
Volume 30, Number 3, Pages 515-539, 2000 Copyright Baywood Publishing Co., Inc
Note: This is the draft of the article.
International Journal of Health Services
Volume 30, Number 3, Pages 515-539, 2000 Copyright Baywood Publishing Co., Inc
Note: This is the draft of the article.
AbstractStrontium-90
concentrations in baby teeth of 515 children born mainly after the
end of worldwide atmospheric nuclear bomb tests in 1980 are found to
equal the level in children born during atmospheric tests in the late
1950s. Recent concentrations in the New York-New Jersey-Long Island
Metropolitan area have exceeded the expected downward trend seen in
both baby teeth and adult bone after the 1963 ban on atmospheric
testing. Sharp rises and declines are also seen in Miami, Florida. In
Suffolk County, Long Island, Strontium-90 concentrations in baby
teeth were significantly correlated with cancer incidence
for children 0 to 4 years of age. A similar correlation of
childhood malignancies with the rise and decline of Strontium-90 in
deciduous teeth occurred during the peak years of fallout in the
1950s and 1960s. Independent support for the relation of nuclear
releases and childhood cancer is provided by a significant
correlation with total alpha and beta activities in local surface
water in Suffolk County. These results strongly support a major
role of nuclear reactor releases in the recent increase of cancer and
other immune system related d isorders in young American children
since the early 1980s……….
Sr-90
Concentration in Baby Teeth, St. Louis vs. Cancer Incidence Age 0-4,
Connecticut 1954-1970
Sr-90
Adult Dietary Uptake, New York City vs. Cancer Incidence Age 0-4,
Connecticut 1954-1970
* Connecticut cancer rates represent 3-year moving averages
Fetuses can be harmed by very low dose radiation, first demonstrated in the 1950s when exposure to pelvic X-rays in utero was linked with elevated levels of leukemia and cancer deaths before age ten. (13) (14)
* Connecticut cancer rates represent 3-year moving averages
Fetuses can be harmed by very low dose radiation, first demonstrated in the 1950s when exposure to pelvic X-rays in utero was linked with elevated levels of leukemia and cancer deaths before age ten. (13) (14)
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