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“Ionizing radiation is known to cause genetic and genomic damage in humans and causes increases in chromosome aberrations. Damage to germ cells can manifest itself as congenital effects in offspring.“ (Busby and de Messieres, 2014).


“Miscarriages and Congenital Conditions in Offspring of Veterans of the British Nuclear Atmospheric Test Programme” by Christopher Busby and Mireille Escande de Messieres
“Abstract
A postal questionnaire case-control study examined miscarriage in wives and congenital conditions in offspring of the 2007 membership of the British Nuclear Test Veterans Association, a group of ex-servicemen who were stationed at atmospheric nuclear weapon test sites between 1952-67. Results were compared with a veteran-selected control group and also with national data. Based on 605 veteran children and 749 grandchildren compared with 311 control children and 408 control grandchildren there were significant excess levels of miscarriages, stillbirths, infant mortality and congenital illnesses in the veterans’…