BIRTH defects around a factory in Britain that makes radioactive materials
are 20 per cent higher than the average for the area, according to a government
study.
Radioactive emissions from the Cardiff plant run by Nycomed Amersham to make
isotopes for the pharmaceuticals industry had previously been blamed by
environmentalists for harming babies. It is Britain’s second biggest radioactive
polluter after the Sellafield nuclear complex in Cumbria.
The local health authority Bro Taf commissioned the Small Area Health
Statistics Unit at Imperial College, London, to investigate infant health within
a 7.5-kilometre radius of the plant. Its study, published last week,…
