Strontium-90 in newborns and childhood disease.
Radioactive strontium-90 concentrations in baby teeth obtained from Suffolk County, New York, rose steadily during the 1980s. Recent levels of strontium-90 are similar to those reported for babies born in the late 1950s-at the height of atmospheric nuclear weapons testing in Nevada. Strontium-90 concentrations increased concomitantly with increases in cancer incidence among Suffolk children under the age of 5 y, a result that mimicked parallel trends observed in the 1950s and early 1960s. Given that effects of strontium-90 on developing cells are most pronounced during the fetal and infant periods, escalating levels should be viewed as a factor in the recent decline in various child health status measures.
Mangano
J J
JJ
Radiation and Public Health Project, New York, New York, USA.
Sternglass
E J
EJ
Gould
J M
JM
Sherman
J D
JD
Brown
J
J
McDonnell
W
W
D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015997:Neonatal Screening; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D013326:Strontium Radioisotopes / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000528:radiation effects*
D013326:Strontium Radioisotopes