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New way to assess radiation risk of causing cancer

EPR can be used to assess a person’s radiation exposure throughout life, which will provide data for other studies, such as radiation exposure’s influence on cancer risk.

Teeth Show Evidence of Radiation Exposure, Dental Blogs, March 3rd, 2010 Researchers at Howard University in Washington College of Dentistry believe that tooth enamel stores important data about a person’s exposure to radiation.

The team is developing Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) to determine the level of free radicals in substances, including tooth enamel. What will this information be used for? The hope is that EPR can assist medical workers in triaging patients or dividing victims of radiation exposure into classes by the amount of radiation received. The new technology is minimally-invasive and would provide data useful in treating people exposed to radiation in an accident or by a “dirty bomb,” which refers to a radiation dispersal device….At present, EPR can be used to assess a person’s radiation exposure throughout life, which will provide data for other studies, such as radiation exposure’s influence on cancer risk.

Teeth Show Evidence of Radiation Exposure

March 4, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive