Distribution of Cadmium in the 1950s

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Superduner

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I'm hoping that some of the older members here might have some knowledge about this
In the 1950s, my father was a police constable in Norwich, UK. I was under 10 at the time but I can clearly remember being told that he was part of a group that was putting caches of cadmium around Norfolk so that natural distribution patterns could be monitored.
This newspaper article seems to confirm my memory:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...-warfare-trials-during-cold-war-10376411.html

So can any member here throw any more light on this? My dad died of cancer of the oesophagus in 1992. This type of cancer is associated with exposure to cadmium, I believe.
 
Sorry that it might have affected your Dad.
Just shows how far you can trust a politician, what a disgraceful thing to do, and when they knew it was going to be dangerous release the stuff in Africa!
I was going to say it was different times, but I wouldn’t put anything past the beggars.
 
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