In this 1962 photo, Kim Garber and Russell Schrier proudly display the wide gap where their front baby teeth were. The two were among the many children in St. Louis, Missouri who donated their teeth to a study of the effects of radioactive strontium 90 on bones and teeth. (AP Images Archive photo)

Bombs, science, and baby teeth

By Robert Alvarez, Joseph Mangano, November 15, 2021

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In this 1962 photo, Kim Garber and Russell Schrier proudly display the wide gap where their front baby teeth were. The two were among the many children in St. Louis, Missouri who donated their teeth to a study of the effects of radioactive strontium 90 on bones and teeth. (AP Images Archive photo)

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