§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what research studies have been sponsored by her Department into the effects of low dose ionising radiation on human blood cells.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe Department of Health is currently sponsoring the following projects:
- 1. Collaborative studies on the development and inter-comparison of assays for the detection of abnormal radiosensitivity in individuals;
- 2. Mutation frequencies in workers at the Sellafield Laboratory.