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Nata nie inigated a follow-up of men whe bad been involved ii
nuvicar Weapons testing inthe South Pacwic by inviting ost ash
wountia irom viewers. The crogrammealso enlisted cur help wilh
whe stat stical analysis of reper ed ilinysses and deurhs.
The Seuta Pacific tests
whose local base was Christ sas Pslana
~ evenatped in time with other weaoons tests. Thus, bacre were
twelve tests in Western and South Australia berween 1952 and
1957, and mine South Pacuie tests beeweea Mav. P9597, and
Nover ber. 1933. The follow-up of the Seuth Packie popuHON bo
far trot Complere but already there is evidence of on abae macy
Sisnoaneidence of leukgermua ged other ceuuluendotie.al systen
(RES: sooplasms.
‘Lhe number of Briush servicemen and civilians who witnessed
the tests or helped with the removal of radioactive waste 1s not yer
accurately known, Flowever, we have provisionally estunated that
auvll ct che 13000 men who (according to an answer fo 4
Parluinentury question on Feb 8, 19331) took parti the wile
serve oltwenty-one British vests were involvedin the Souk Paci
tests, We ure also assuming that these men had the same age
distribution as alo members of HM Forces serming Ovetacs ia
O37." Hleoes, the figures for the overail size and age-distriburion of
the study poou.ation in table 1,
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