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Unveiling Sr-90: A Radioactive Menace Impacting Health and History

Explore Sr-90, a cancer-causing isotope linked to various diseases, and its history from nuclear experiments to global treaties. Discover the Tooth Fairy Project and its role in tracking radiation effects on humans through baby teeth.

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Unveiling Sr-90: A Radioactive Menace Impacting Health and History

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  1. Revathi, Jacob, and Emily

  2. What is Sr-90?

  3. Sr-90 • Radioactive isotope of Strontium • 90 38 Sr-->0-1e + 9039Y • beta decay   • half life: 28 years

  4. Strontium is... Alkaline earth metal

  5. Why we care about Sr-90 cancer causingmimics calciumabsorbed into bone and bone marrow

  6. It is linked to... • bone cancer • cancer of soft tissue near bone • lukemia • breast cancer

  7. A Brief History of Sr-90

  8. 1790: Non-radioactive strontium Adair Crawford and William Cruikshank   in the mineral strontianite

  9. 1940's: Radioactive Sr-90:   Discovered in nuclear experiments during the development of the atomic bomb.

  10. 1950-60's:     Strontium-90 Spreads 

  11. Nuclear Arms Race Nuclear weapons tests performed in  atmosphere: Sr-90 spreads across  world

  12. Chernoybl Effect Chernoybl=Nuclear Power Plant triggered release of Sr-90

  13. 1958: 1 pCi/grCa = level of Sr-90 in Baby teeth in US

  14. 1960's-Present: • 1968: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty • 1992: Limited Test Band Treaty • 1996: Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

  15. Sr-90 Projects/Orginizations: • Peace Farm •  University Citizens         Against Radioactive        Environment        (UCARE) • Tooth Fairy Project

  16. What is The Tooth Fairy Project?

  17. It is... • study done in 1958 • rising concentrations of Sr-90 • caused by nuclear power plants

  18. 3 sources: 1. nuclear weapons testing  2. 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident 3. radioactive releases into environment

  19. Baby teeth can help track the effects of radiation on humans

  20. Sr-90 and plutonium contaminate baby teeth  • detonation of over 2,000 nuclear weapons from 1940's- 1990's

  21. In Summation... Sr-90HistoryThe Tooth Fairy Project

  22. THANK YOU, MY LOVELIES

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