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Dead-baby tests

Tuesday 03 May 1994 23:02 BST
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An estimated 40 stillborn and newly deceased babies were cremated during the Cold War as part of an experiment to measure the amount of Strontium-90 in their bodies, the Energy Department said, AFP reports from Washington.

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