Tag: Indian origin

LONDON: A UK opposition Labour Party member of Parliament and shadow minister for women and equalities has called for a statutory inquiry into medical research dating back to the 1960s that led to Indian-origin women being given chapatis containing radioactive isotopes to combat iron deficiency. Taiwo Owatemi, who is the MP for Coventry in the West Midlands region of England, said in a post on X recently that she is "deeply concerned" for the women and families impacted by the study.Around 21 Indian-origin women identified through a general...