Baby teeth examined to see if atom bomb tests raised cancer risk

Friday, May 30, 2008

ST. LOUIS -- Baby teeth collected in St. Louis in the 1950s and '60s to measure children's exposure to atomic bomb fallout will be used in a new study to gauge whether Cold War bomb testing increased cancer risk.

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