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Families, Aborigines, soldiers seek justice after nuclear tests’radiation

“We are dealing with generations of people who have been affected by radiation from the fallout and who have never had that acknowledged,” she said.

“The medical science now exists in order to prove these injuries are linked to the tests.”

Aborigines to sue British Government over nuclear tests Telegraph.co UK Australian aborigines and former servicemen are to sue the British Ministry of Defence over diseases and disabilities that they claim were caused by nuclear testing in the Outback more than 50 years ago. By Bonnie Malkin, in Sydney
02 Mar 2010 “…..

Among the Australians seeking compensation are families of the “Woomera babies” – 60 infants who died, some without explanation, during the decade of testing. Woomera lies 600km west of the test site at Maralinga and some believe the town could have been affected by fallout from the nuclear blasts.

Other alleged victims of the blasts have told of a “black mist” of fallout descending on their homes after the explosions.

In the years that followed the nuclear tests, the lawyers claim that a high number of cases of cancer, skin disease and birth deformities were recorded across several parts of South Australia………….

Anna Mazzola, a partner at the London firm Hickman & Rose, said that for many locals the consequences of the blasts were ongoing.

“We are dealing with generations of people who have been affected by radiation from the fallout and who have never had that acknowledged,” she said.

“The medical science now exists in order to prove these injuries are linked to the tests.”

Aborigines to sue British Government over nuclear tests – Telegraph

March 3, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal | AUSTRALIA