Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will initiate a departmental evaluation of the paper, a copy of which has been sent to him, by Professor Emeritus E. J. Sternglass and Dr. J. Scheer entitled "Radiation Exposure of Bone Marrow Cells to Strontium 90 during early development as a possible co-factor in the etiology of AIDS", as presented at the first global radiation victims' conference in New York City in October 1987.
§ Mr. Newton[holding answer 11 March 1988]: When a copy of this paper is received, officials will consider whether it warrants evaluation.