I READ with horror BNFL's remarks about the McMaster family. (Citizen, March 14)

How can they say the fire in 1957 didn't affect people's health?

I lived in Cumbria and remember the scare with the milk and vegetables.

It is ludicrous to say the levels were lower than people would have received from natural background radiation.

Councillor Marie Milne, c/o Preston Borough Council.