An SNP MP has called for a public apology and a probe into whether dead miners' lungs were removed without their families' consent. Owen Thompson said grieving families were “victims of an atrocity” after they were reportedly left in the dark over a major 1970s research project which analysed the lungs of dead miners.
An SNP MP has called for a public apology and a probe into whether dead miners' lungs were removed without their families' consent. Owen Thompson said grieving families were “victims of an atrocity” after they were reportedly left in the dark over a major 1970s research project which analysed the lungs of dead miners. Letters in the National Archives in Kew revealed the research done by the Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) in Edinburgh.
The coal board created the IOM to research lung diseases in miners. One of their studies from 1979 looked at organs from 500 miners in England, Scotland and Wales who were part of a study on black lung disease, according to the BBC. It is unclear whether the research and removal of the lungs was carried out with the consent of the miners or their families. Midlothian MP Thompson, who represents former mining areas such as Bilston Glen and Newtongrange, called for an investigation. He said: “The families of deceased miners were victims of an atrocity. “Only now are we hearing the full awful detail
SNP MP Probe Miners Lungs Consent Research Investigation
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