§ 44. Mr. Masonasked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what study has been undertaken by the Medical Research Council of the effects on man of small spasmodic doses of radiation other than that resulting from natural causes; and to what extent it has revealed that appreciable harm has been caused.
§ Mr. Denzil FreethThe Medical Research Council keeps under review all available data on the health of individuals exposed to radiation in the course of its work. Maximum permissible levels of exposure to radiation have been laid down for such individuals and there is no evidence of harmful effects from radiation doses below these levels.
§ 45. Mr. Masonasked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science to what extent children born in the year 1955 who have been subject to an unnatural increase in Strontium 90 and radio iodine 131 for six years will be affected by the cumulative effects of fall-out from the whole of the present Russian series of nuclear tests; and how these children will be affected.
§ Mr. Denzil FreethI am advised by the Medical Research Council that it is unlikely that there will be adverse effects on the health of children in this country born in the year 1955 attributable to Strontium 90 and radio iodine from nuclear tests carried out to date.