Interesting read

[whoarmongar]

This is not just a scottish issue , although this site is a major concern due to soil erosion causing the buried material to become exposed and disperse contaminating the area.

The radium is not particularly dangerous unless particles are ingested ot inhaled or long exposure to the skin ie under finger nails etc.

The MOD`s attitude has been frankly disgusting, denying responsibility, not keeping proper records of the contaminated sites, and not supplying information to concerned authorities or even developers who have bought and developed former MOD land.

As far as the MOD is concerned if you have bought land that is potentialy contaminated its your problem, nothing to do with them !

The paint was not just used on instruments, even things like ammo containers was painted, or basically anything you may need to see or find at night.

All this stuff was broken burned and buried mostly at former RAF bases all over the place.

This story is going to run and run with the MOD using its usual tactics of deny and delay
until perhaps in about 15-20 yrs some sort of commitee or inquiry will condemn there actions, the MOD will then "deeply regret" and admit "mistakes were made" and that "record keeping" was poor, and they will make "every endevour to locate and monitor these sites" and that "public safety was never compomised" and everyone will say "Oh thats ok then" and go back to wondering who will win the footie, and what celebrity is sleeping with who.