Douglas! | Socialist Action 1983

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SIR Douglas Biack who headed the Sellafield Enquiry has a message of good cheer. Don't worry that living in Seascale means your children have 10 times more chance of getting leukamia He and his 'scientific' colleagues admit it's possible, but claim it's by 'no means proven that an increased level of radioactivity has caused an above average experience of leukemia. the kind of reasoning which doubts whether the atomic bomb really did kill all those people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Mind you, Sir Douglas believes in hedging his bets and says given the choice of living in two not choose Seascale. suggestion for Sir Douglas, and Dr John Cunnwho welcomes the report.

They should both pack their bags and go and live on the Sellafield site and demonstrate the courage of their convictions! , Labour's environment spokesperson —