UK nuclear tests left 'disease timebomb'

Repost | 23.10.2008 11:36 | Anti-militarism | Health | Other Press | World

UK nuclear tests conducted in the 1950s have left veterans and their children with a variety of congenital diseases, according to a backbench Tory MP.

John Baron conducted an adjournment debate in the Commons yesterday afternoon, where he voiced concerns the government was "backsliding" on its commitment to investigate the issue.

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