Increased risk of cancer for fish eaters

Far from promoting good health and improving brain power, it appears that eating fish could increase your chance of developing cancer. Radiation experts studying levels of radioactive contamination in fish caught in the vicinity of a pharmaceuticals company in Wales have revealed flounders in Cardiff Bay contaminated with hundreds of times more tritium than expected.

Fish eaters living in the Cardiff Bay area will be exposed to a radiation dose twice the level that was first assumed. Further studies will now be undertaken to determine the reason for the miscalculations.

Government officials consider tritium 'low-level radiation' presenting little risk to the general public. However, there is growing concern amongst independent scientists that even in small amounts tritium can cause genetic disorders, cancers and leukaemias in humans. Tritium is discharged from many nuclear installations around the UK in large amounts.

Vicky Garner of SAS:
"SAS firmly believe it is only a matter of time before the true hazard of tritium is realized. In the meantime, UK citizens are being forced to play Russian roulette with their lives. We urge the government to focus resources to determine the real risk posed by tritium and to act quickly and transparently. In the meantime, every effort should be made to reduce the amount of tritium discharged from nuclear and other facilities".

SAS recently made objections to government when a Plymouth-based company made an application to increase by 500% the amount of tritium they discharge into the River Tamar.

The company DML, were given the go-ahead for the increased discharges, with the government ignoring calls for a full Public Inquiry.

For further details call Vicky Garner on 01872 553001