[NukeNet] FW: [UnplugSalem] Gloucester County Times article onTooth study; Oyster and Salem

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Is nuke truth in the tooth? 


Wednesday, June 13, 2007 

By Trish G. Graber

tgraber at sjnewsco.com 

TRENTON A researcher who has collected baby teeth from residents living near
the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant said test results that show a
correlation between radioactive emissions and cancer should be considered
before relicensing the oldest nuclear power plant in the country. 

"We want this information placed in the policy arena," said Joseph J.
Mangano, national coordinator for the Radiation and Public Health Project. 

Mangano has collected 5,000 baby teeth, 500 in New Jersey, and tested them
for Strontium-90 a radioactive chemical produced only by nuclear reactors
and nuclear bombs. 

His research on the "Tooth Fairy Project" rejected by industry
representatives shows that when Strontium-90 levels began to decrease in
teeth tested from children born in Ocean and Monmouth counties in the
mid-1980s, cancer rates in children dropped as well. Test levels showed a
rise in Strontium-90 in the early 1990s with a correlating jump in the
cancer rate in children. 

Backed by a group of medical and academic professionals, Mangano launched a
public education campaign Tuesday by releasing a compilation of his findings
in the executive summary of a report due out this summer. 

"It is essential that data on radioactive contamination and the potential
link with cancer be scrutinized before any decision on license extension is
made," Donald Louria, professor of preventive medicine at the New Jersey
Medical School, said at the Statehouse Tuesday. 

The campaign comes as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering a
20-year license extension for the Oyster Creek plant in Ocean County one of
four reactors in the state which is due to expire in April 2009. 

That relicensing may be important for the future of the state's other
nuclear power plants: PSEG's Hope Creek reactor in Salem County, whose
license expires in 2009; and Salem I and Salem 2, which expire in 2016 and
2020, respectively. 

Norm Cohen, a spokesman for UNPLUG Salem, which opposes the Salem plant's
operation, called Oyster Creek "a key battleground." 

"If the (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) is willing to relicense Oyster
Creek, then what chance do we have at stopping Salem?" he said. 

Industry officials refute the results of the baby-teeth study, and the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission contends that "numerous peer-reviewed
scientific studies do not substantiate such claims" that nuclear power plant
emissions contribute to cancer. 

Diane Screnci, Philadelphia region spokeswoman for the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, said Tuesday that officials have looked at the Radiation and
Public Health Project's studies and found the group has not followed general
research principles: They used very small samples to draw general
conclusions and did not examine the impacts of other risk factors, among
others. 

"Ninety-nine percent of Strontium-90 comes from the fallout from weapons
testing," Screnci said. 

Referencing Mangano's study, Cohen explained that when nuclear testing was
halted in 1963, Strontium-90 presence declined. The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear
accident in the Ukraine explained some of the later rise in Strontium but
not the continued elevation into the mid-1990s. 

"When the nuclear plants came online the question was where was the
Strontium coming from," Cohen said. "There's a red light in saying something
is happening." 

In Salem, Cohen said he does not claim that PSEG's plants cause cancer;
however, he believes they contribute to the problem. 

About 20 teeth were collected for studies in Salem in 2000, he said not
enough to draw any solid conclusions. 

PSEG officials in Salem could not be reached late Tuesday for comment. 

Oyster Creek company officials said they are familiar with the studies and,
like the NRC, dismissed the findings. 

"There is no new information presented in (Mangano's) studies, just more of
the same that has been debunked by regional and national health
organizations such as the National Institutes of Health," said Leslie
Cifelli, a spokeswoman for the plant. "Oyster Creek has ongoing, robust
environmental monitoring programs and we have no evidence of any effects of
Strontium-90 on the community." 

Mangano's findings rely on official data from Oyster Creek, which is
required to be monitored. 

Industry officials say that nuclear plants emit low-level radioactivity that
is a fraction of the level of exposure during a routine dental X-ray.
Individual plants monitor Strontium-90 emissions into the air and
environment, which they are required to report to the NRC. 

Screnci said regulators ensure that plants understand the monitoring process
and the method of compiling the data. However, the commission does not
conduct independent sample testing. 

Mangano noted that the industry conducts no testing of radioactive levels in
the body. 

He is continuing his work this year with $90,000 from the Educational
Foundation of America and the Louis and Harold Price Foundation. 

In 2003, he received a $25,000 grant from the state of New Jersey to conduct
baby-teeth testing, a few years after actor Alec Baldwin came on board to
promote the Tooth Fairy Project in Toms River. 

Mangano is hoping to raise public awareness on the issue in the coming
months with the new report on the risks of keeping Oyster Creek in
operation, due out this summer. 

"We are calling on not just citizens to become more involved ... but public
officials as well," he said. "They represent citizens, it is their job to
protect them and to make sure that the regulators are doing their job." 

More information on Mangano's work can be found at www.radiation.org. 




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