The more $20 contributions we get for each babyboomer questionare [see below], that would greatly impress a large foundation when we have enough to begin the far more expensive testing of each baby boomer tooth for its Sr90 content. We have been given the largest cohort for epidemiological analysis since the famous Framingham study of 3000 men born in the 1920's who have since been studied periodically for heart disease. Finally there are 80 million baby boomers born from 1945 to 1965 who should be vitally interested in this study. And that is why we think with plenty of publicity on the part of all anti-nuclear web sites we may indeed get sufficient small donations to make a big start on this exciting project. 
All checks should be sent to: RPHP, Box 330, Unionville NY10988

A story in the NY Times, Oct.1,2001 entitled "British Secretly Used Babies Bones in Tests:Parents of Dead Infants Not Told of a Cold War Atomic Program" reveals the great concern shared with the US of the carcinogenic effects of nuclear fallout which led to the Partial Test Ban of 1963. But the Radiation and Public Health has just received 85,000 untested baby teeth of children mainly born in period 1957-1965 from the Washington U in St Louis, where the first baby teeth study led by Barry Commoner revealed that there had been a 100-fold increase in the bone-seeking radioactive strontium (called Sr90) levels of children born in 1964 over those born in 1950. This means that we will now be able to discover the health effects of overexposure to low-level radiation, as explained in the following message now being sent to all those concerned about the vulnerability of all nuclear facilities to terrorist attacks, as well as the health effects of the ominously high levels of Sr90 we have found in the baby teeth of 3000 American children born since 1980.

Jay M. Gould, Director, Radiation and Public Health Project (www.radiation.org)

Past supporters of our Tooth Fairy Study of radioactive strontium (called Sr90) in the baby teeth of children born in recent years should know that we will soon be able to demonstrate beyond any doubt that high exposure levels have immediate and delayed health effects such as early diagnoses of cancer.

We have had considerable media coverage (including BBC TV) of the fact that for about 3000 children born since 1980 we are now finding Sr90 levels as high as those found in the late 1950's in the first baby teeth study begun by Barry Commoner in St Louis in 1958. That study demonstrated that there had been a 100-fold increase in the Sr90 baby teeth levels of children born in 1964 over children born in 1950. This was an important factor in President Kennedy's decision to terminate above-ground nuclear tests in 1963 after asking Dr. E.J. Sternglass (now our scientific director) to address Congress on radiation-induced childhood cancer. 

As a result we have just received from Washington University, where the first baby teeth study was performed, a priceless gift in the form of 85,000 fully identified untested baby teeth of baby boomer children mainly born from 1958 to 1965. Since the equipment of that time was not capable of measuring the small amounts of radioactivity in a single tooth, of the 200,000 teeth collected about half were tested in batches for each year after 1950. For each baby boomer tooth not used in the study we have index cards with the birth name, date and place of birth, along with parent names clipped to a baby tooth.

We have now found that it is amazingly cheap to use Internet databases to get current addresses of these baby boomers ( now in their forties) and query them by mail on their medical histories since birth. (I enclose a test letter that is already producing over a 50 percent return). Thus for a sum as small as $50,000 we hope to raise soon we think that we can get such histories for as many as 3000 baby boomers, which may be sufficient to prove that baby boomers were born in the worst time in history. For example we may discover that the percentage of young women diagnosed with breast cancer significantly exceeds the percentage expected based on women born before the nuclear age began. We would have similar information on all rare childhood diseases like asthma, learning problems, childhood cancer etc.

We will then have enough unassailable evidence of the true damage to baby boomers born in those bomb test years to approach large foundations to raise an additional $300,000 to test each tooth, so that we can ascertain precisely the medical significance of each above-average Sr90 level in a child born at any time and place exposed to low-level radiation, including the 3000 children born in recent years, for whom we already have more than 600 whose Sr90 levels are more than twice the annual average.

I am confident, that just as the Long Island STAR Foundation (Standing for the Truth About Radiation, led by such celebrities as Alec Baldwin and Christy Brinkly) helped launch the Tooth Fairy project in East Hampton four years ago to discover why there were such high cancer rates in Long Island, that we will continue to enjoy the financial support necessary to make this information available to scientists and to humanity.

A tax-deductible contribution made out to the Radiation and Public Health Project of $1000 would pay for sending and analyzing 500 letters as shown below; $100 for 5 such letters; $20 for one such letter. And if you copy this letter to send to your friends who share our concern about children's health this letter may have a hoped-for chain effect. 
Jay M. Gould, Director, Radiation and Public Health Project (Jaymgould@aol.com) 

Test letter to baby boomers with current mail addresses, also on RPHP letter head.

John Doe born January 1, 1960 1 Main St. Anywhere, US Dear Mr. Doe:

Your help with a once-in-a-lifetime study is needed. Nearly 40 years ago, your parents, concerned about atomic bomb test fallout, donated your baby tooth to Washington University in St. Louis. Teeth were studied to show rising levels of radioactive Strontium-90 (Sr90) in the body. Results influenced President John F. Kennedy's decision to end above-ground bomb tests, but no study on health effects of testing was ever done. 

This summer, university officials transferred 85,000 untested baby teeth, mainly from persons born 1957 to 1965, to our research group. We are currently studying Sr90 in baby teeth of today's children. Your tooth is secured in a small envelope, paper-clipped to a 3 x 5 card containing your name, place and date of birth, and parents' names. Using this information, we have performed a computer search of public data files to obtain your current address. 

We wish to measure, at our expense, the Sr90 level in your baby tooth. In addition, we hope you would answer a short written questionnaire on your medical history, focusing on whether you have ever been diagnosed with diseases such as cancer. All individual information will be kept completely confidential. Overall results will be published in medical journals; for more information about the kind of studies we perform, please visit our web site (www.radiation.org). You now have a chance to help scientists better understand long term effects of atomic bomb tests. If you wish to help, please check "yes" at the bottom of this letter and return it to us. If you have any questions, you can email us at odiejoe@aol.com.

____  Yes, please send me a brief written health questionnaire
____ No, I would prefer not to participate in the questionnaire 
For example: Have you ever been diagnosed with cancer? _____Yes _____No 
If so when?____________ 

Cordially Joseph J.Mangano National Coordinator, RPHP Tooth Fairy Study (www.radiation.org)