NY links skin problems to radioactive rings
ALBANY, N Y. (AP) - State
health officials are urging peo
ple with "serious skin prob
lems” to seek medical help and
have their gold jewelry checked
for radioactivity following the
discovery of three contaminat
ed rings
Radioactive gold jewelry has
been blamed in at least two
cancer cases in the past 14
years. One patient's ring finger
was amputated.
"We don’t want people to be
terrified by this news," said
state Department of Health spo
keswoman Frances Tarlton.
“We do want them to be aware
of the possible danger and if
they have real problems to get
them checked."
The rings apparently were
made from hollow 24-carat gold
"seeds,” impregnated with
radioactive radon gas, which
were used in cancer treatment
The seeds are injected into
tumors where the radiation
would kill cancerous tissue
Radiologists say the gas,
radon-22, remains active for at
least 100 years.
Three radioactive gold rings
owned by women from Buffalo
and Hamburg were discovered
last week when more than 1,200
pieces of jewelry were checked
at WKBW-TV in Buffalo, ac
cording to William O'Brien, as
sociate radiological health
specialist for the state Health
Department’s Buffalo bureau of
radiological control.
Ten radioactive gold rings
surfaced as early as 1967 in
western New York, New York
City and Pennsylvania, O'Brien
said Doctors knew of the dis
covery, but the public was never
warned for fear of unwarranted
Thurber to talk on Peru’s government
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Peru will be discused by the
head of the University’s interna
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noon talk Thursday
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Thurber, a professor in the
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