Radioactive Chapatis Given to Indian-Origin Women in 1960s? UK MP Calls for Inquiry
UK MP calls for inquiry into 1960s medical research involving radioactive isotopes in chapatis for Indian-origin women
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UK MP calls for inquiry into 1960s medical research involving radioactive isotopes in chapatis for Indian-origin women
A UK MP has demanded an inquiry into a 1969 medical study on iron absorption under which 21 Indian-origin women, many of them pregnant, were fed chapatis containing radioactive isotopes in a city in central England.
A UK Opposition Labour Party member of Parliament and shadow minister for women and equalities has called for a statutory inquiry into medical research dating back to the 1960s that led to Indian-origin women being given radioactive chapatis.
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