Pacific Bomb Tests
Sir,—The increase in cancer over the last 20 years has been attributed, in part, to the vast number of pollutants that modem man is exposed to. I think this is a fair enough assumption, one that can be used until experimental techniques pin down the actual causes of cancer. President de Gaulle has assured Chile that the increase in radioactivity there will not be greater than 10 per cent after his nuclear tests. It seems likely that New Zea-
land can expect a measurable increase in radioactivity and also a measurable increase in the number of deaths from cancer because of de Gaulle’s tests. Why does the Government not use New Zealand’s position as a member of the Security Council of the United Nations as a means of stopping de Gaulle’s tests? If Britain can use the United Nations to stop oil from reaching Rhodesia, surely the far more important question of atmospheric pollution will incite immediate action.— Yours, etc., J. D. THRELFALL. May 11, 1966.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31057, 12 May 1966, Page 18
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169Pacific Bomb Tests Press, Volume CV, Issue 31057, 12 May 1966, Page 18
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