Dna checks for n-test servicemen

Retired New Zealand servicemen exposed to the effects of British nuclear tests in the 1950s will have their DNA examined for possible damage caused by the blasts, a veterans’ group said today.

The study will check the DNA of 50 test veterans for possible links between the bomb blasts and the poor health suffered by many of the now-retired servicemen, Nuclear Test Veterans’ Association chairman, Roy Sefton, said.