I Gave My Tooth to Science
date: label: associated dates
content: 1991 09 25 / 1991 09 25
notes: label: Description
content: As the international arms race heated up in the years after World War II, many people became concerned about Strontium 90 and other environmental hazards. Barry Commoner, a professor of plant physiology at Washington University in St Louis, organized the “Baby Tooth Survey” to promote medical research into radiation hazards and the test ban cause. Children whose baby teeth were mailed in for analysis received a pin that read “I Gave My Tooth For Science.”
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Missouri, St. Louis
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0392.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0392.01
label: accession number
content: 1991.0392
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: .5 cm x 2.6 cm; 3/16 in x 1 in