Experiment that terrified women in England! research requested

The Guardian reports that Taiwo Owatemi, MP for the city of Coventry, called for a new legal inquiry into the investigation using immigrant women who had recently arrived in the UK in the 1960s and had little knowledge of English. subjects.

“RESIDENT EVIL”

Professor at Cardiff University The research, led by Peter Elwood and funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), was first revealed in the 1995 documentary “Lethal Experiments”.

CAPATI IS GIVEN

According to information confirmed by the MRC, in a study published in 1969, 21 Indian immigrant women were given chapati, which contains the isotope Iron-59, which emits gamma and beta radiation.

In a study on iron deficiency in South Asian populations, it was reported that immigrant women who ate bread were taken to the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) in Oxfordshire to calculate the amount of iron their bodies absorbed based on of their radiation levels.

THE WOMEN DID NOT APPROVE THE EXPERIMENT

Several female participants, whose identities were identified in the years the experiment first came to light, stated that they were unaware of the use of radioactive isotopes in the experiment and did not consent to the experiment.

Owatemi MP said he will challenge the inquiry when the House of Commons opens in September and call for a legal inquiry, adding: “My main concern is the women used as subjects of this inquiry and their families.” I used the phrases.

“FRIGHTENING”

Owatemi said that after the research, the lack of a control mechanism over the long-term health of the participants was “appalling.”

Owatemi stated that they are trying to reach women in research by working with academics at the University of Warwick and stated that their aim is to give the women in question the support they need by guiding them.

MRC INVESTIGATION

The 1998 MRC investigation reported that the health risk posed by the study was “quite low” and that the radiation levels in the participants were “equivalent to natural radiation exposure in a single chest X-ray taken at that time.” moment, or about three months.” “

In the research report in question it was noted that the research team frequently asked the children of the participants to translate, “the word ‘radiation’ may have no equivalent in the languages ​​and dialects spoken by the women” and that the translator of the investigation could not be reached.

While the MRC stressed that research practices, ethics and regulation have improved since the date of the investigation, Cardiff University did not make a statement on the matter. (AA)