Pacific Bomb Tests
Sir, —In connexion with the recent article about the lack of danger to New Zealand from the French plan to test hydrogen bombs in the South Pacific, I summarise from the United States “Consumers Reports,” 1965. During the first half of 1964 (later figures are not yet published) the level of radioactive strontium and aesium in the food of 10 cities of the United States continued to increase despite the treaty banning atmospheric tests in 1963. The assumption that the level of contamination in 1964 would be less proved to be a mistake, although the rate of increase did prove to be falling in 1964. The mainland of the United States is considerably farther away from the test sites used by the U.S.S.R. or America than New Zealand is from the main French base. “Consumers Report” ended its analysis: “Any radiation, no matter how little, will cause cancer, shorten life, or lead to birth defects in some people.”—Yours, etc., ROBERT F. STOWELL. Diamond Harbour, June 7, 1966.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31080, 8 June 1966, Page 16
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170Pacific Bomb Tests Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31080, 8 June 1966, Page 16
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