"Elevated chromosome translocation frequencies in New Zealand nuclear test veterans" is an important study by Associate Professor Al Rowland and Massey University researchers. It documents the health effects for NZ sailors who witnessed Britain's Grapple nuclear tests at Christmas Island in the 1950s. The study documents evidence of long term genetic damage, of a type linked to the presence of a wide range of illnesses and with the potential to result in intergenerational effects It has been published in the leading international peer-reviewed scientific journal "International Cytogenetics and Genome Research".