§ Mr. Delargyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, as representing the Lord President of the Council, what measurements have been made of the level of strontium 90 from fall-out in the Thurrock urban district; and whether future samples will be taken at regular intervals in the area.
§ Mr. HareRepresentative samples of air, water, soil, vegetation and human and animal bone are taken from various120W parts of the country and analysed for Strontium 90. In addition, a countrywide programme of food sampling is now in progress to survey the level of strontium 90 in the national diet. A number of samples are taken in Essex and a proportion of a sample of milk which is being regularly collected and analysed comes from a creamery in the Thurrock district.