Coventry MP demands inquiry into 1960s radioactive study on south Asian women

Women were given chapatis containing radioactive isotopes as part of trial into iron deficiencyThe Coventry MP Taiwo Owatemi has called for a statutory inquiry into medical research in the 1960s on south Asian women in the city, who were given chapatis containing radioactive isotopes.A total of 21 Indian-origin women, identified through a Coventry GP, were given the bread containing Iron-59 (an iron isotope with a gamma-beta emitter) as part of a research trial in 1969 into iron deficiency in the south Asian population.Continue reading...
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