H-Bomb Tests
Sir.—Recent items in "The; Press” suggested that dangers ! from Great Britain’s H-bomb test! were negligible and that only fellow travellers, or those with “radioactivity neurosis” would not support the tests. Are these statements accurate? It is difficult for the layman to assess scientific opinion, but published figures are disturbing. A United States scientist is today reported as saying that Great Britain’s tests could cause 1000 fatal cases of leukemia, and that additional tests will produce 200,000 feeble-minded children. The recently published report of the Atomic Scientists’ Association says that at least 50,000 people will suffer from leukemia as a result of bombs already exploded. Are such dangers "negligible?” Are such men “fellow travellers”? Surely these and other published facts should persuade statesmen and the public of the awful responsibility which they assume for the future of the whole human race by the decision to hold yet another H-bomb test.—Yours etc., MARY WOODWARD. May 2, 1957.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28269, 6 May 1957, Page 3
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