Lethal discharge
a study funded by the British department of health has found plutonium in the teeth of children throughout England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The study shows that the radioactive discharges from Sellafield plutonium reprocessing factory have contaminated people throughout the region. The study involved the examination of over 3,300 teeth of adolescent children in the uk . The study revealed that the children's teeth was contaminated with Plutonium. The levels of contamination are directly dependent on the distance at which the children live from the Sellafield plutonium reprocessing plant, on the Irish coast of Cumbria. The authors have concluded that the source of plutonium has been radioactive discharges from the Sellafield plant which is operated by the government-controlled British Nuclear Fuels Ltd.
In order for plutonium to accumulate in children's teeth, particles of the highly radiotoxic material would most probably be inhaled and filtered through the bloodstream before being deposited in bones, teeth or in the liver. Plutonium, which is an alpha-emitter, is highly carcinogenic and remains an extreme health hazard for tens of thousands of years if released in the environment.