Radioactive tests on bones of babies

Sydney - Cremated bones of Australian babies were shipped to the US and Britain from the 1950s to the 1970s without parental …

Sydney - Cremated bones of Australian babies were shipped to the US and Britain from the 1950s to the 1970s without parental consent to test for radioactive fall-out from nuclear tests.

An Australian scientific document reveals bones from dead babies, children and adults up to 39 years were cremated and sent overseas without permission for testing for radioactive Strontium 90.

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