§ Mr. Watkinsasked the Minister of Health, as representing the Minister for Science, if he will give the names of the sixteen collecting stations in Wales at which the content of strontium 90 in milk is examined every two weeks; and if he will indicate the figures obtained at the last test as compared with tests taken two years ago.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithThe areas from which the collecting stations draw their supplies, which is the relevant factor, are shown in the first Report published in July, 1959, by the Agricultural Research Council's Radiobiological Laboratory—" Strontium 90 in Human Diet in the United Kingdom 1958 ". The average levels of strontium 90 in milk for 1958 for Wales and for the other regions into which the country is divided, are given in that Report. The average levels for the twelve months ending June, 1959, will be published in
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