2011-09-17

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2011-09-17

Title text: 2011-09-17

Votey

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In the 1960s, dr. Louise reiss was concerned about the effects of nuclear testing on human health. So, she conducted the "baby tooth survey."

I need your babys teeth!

Why?

Science:

Parents sent her hundreds of thousands of baby teeth. The results were ominous.

The strontium-90 concentration has increased by 50 times in the last decade.

This helped lead to the nuclear test ban, and the subsequent drop in atmospheric strontium.

In light of the recent. Achem* radioactive baby teeth... we've decided to briefly take international policy seriously.

The moral? If you want to environmentally regulate something, all you have to do is spend ten years finding it in baby teeth.

So, our plan is to convince congress to do the right thing.

Wait! There's an easier way!

Votey Transcript

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Thanks to dr. Reiss, tokyo is safe m

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