The Economic Times

In 1953, Britain detonated an atomic bomb in Australia, sending a mysterious black mist across the desert before a secret programme began testing childrens bones for radiation

During the Cold War, Britain undertook covert nuclear tests in Australia, leading to hazardous radioactive fallout termed the Black Mist that endangered Aboriginal communities. Authorities, without consent, gathered human bones to assess strontium-90 levels, specifically focusing on infants and children for bone growth studies. The ramifications of these nuclear tests have lingered far beyond their completion.