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The cancer fears keeping MoD scientists from a toxic Scots beach

MINISTRY of Defence (MoD) scientists have refused to analyse radioactive contamination from Dalgety Bay in Fife because of the risk it could give them cancer, official minutes of a meeting have revealed.

The Sunday Herald broke the story last week The beach at Dalgety Bay is at the centre of a health scare  Picture: Gordon Terris
The Sunday Herald broke the story last week The beach at Dalgety Bay is at the centre of a health scare Picture: Gordon Terris

The MoD has been resisting demands to pay for a clean-up of the pollution from old military planes for the last 20 years. It has persistently played down the possible health effects for members of the public.