Hello, I am a nurse and mother of a child diagnosed with Acute lymphoblastic leukemia at the age of 4. Thank God he is doing well. In my continuing quest in the fruitless search for causation, I came upon this website Click here: Main page of the RPHP Radiation and Public Health Project and Teeth Project With Relationships to Breast and Prost (www.radiation.org.) This is the Radiation and Public Health Project who are independent researchers studying increases in Strontium 90 present in baby teeth. Strontium 90 is a radioactive substance which is the product of nuclear reactor emissions and fallout. Levels of Strontium 90 were measured by the government in the 50's and 60's and were correlated with an increase in childhood cancers among others. JFK banned above ground testing of nuclear weapons due to the results from these tests. The government has since stopped testing. This independant group has correlated increased levels of Strontium 90 with cancers as well. They need baby teeth to continue this important work. Alec Baldwin is helping them with this study. Here is a copy of his letter he has sent to thousands of families across the nation. Go to their site and click the tooth fairy for info on how to send teeth. Click on the news articles/press conference to learn more about this important work. Thanks for listening. Sincerely, Agnes Here is the site(www.radiation.org) Here is the letter:
Alec Baldwin


Dear Parents:

I am writing you as someone concerned that high cancer rates may be influenced by radioactive emissions from nuclear power plants.

I became personally involved with this issue after meeting families in Long Island, New York, whose children had developed and, in some cases, died from rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer – a cancer whose cause has been linked to radiation exposure. These families are living at “ground zero” of America’s cancer epidemic. For them, the American dream has become a nightmare.

I am a native of Long Island, which has a breast cancer rate so high that federal researchers have invested millions of dollars to find a cause. Each year, over 2000 Long Island women are diagnosed with this dreaded condition. My mother, who lives in Long Island, is a breast cancer survivor.

One reason behind high cancer rates may be radioactive leaks and releases from nuclear power reactors. These releases get into the air, drinking water, and food, and enter the human body. But the U.S. government does not measure just how much radioactivity gets into the body, or whether it is harmful.

To document a possible radiation/cancer connection, the Radiation and Public Health Project (RPHP) needs only one of the baby teeth that your child has lost. RPHP is collecting baby teeth as part of a national, scientific study to measure levels of radioactive Strontium-90 in these teeth. So please help. Every tooth is a clue!

I know that cancer is an overwhelming issue to confront. Yet, we have already spent $25 billion on a “War on Cancer” without any significant decline in America’s cancer rates. It is only through public education, supported by solid scientific research, that we will be able to create a safe environment and healthy future for our children.

Thank you in advance for supporting the “Tooth Fairy Project.”

Yours sincerely,
Alec Baldwin