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Cader this program, the village on Rongelap vill beseccustrusted,
since thebuildings have deteriorated Oiering the tiae they have diem
wmoeeupiad. Puhatztence mugert feethesukabitante Vitiba yroviiedfor «
“yoar arver taeiy return.
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A ratty equipped wedteni Qispunsary vil be previted on Raceeisy,
ahd 6m experienced health aids vill be on the islend.
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Zach inhabitant wili
be given & compiete sedicai exanimation yearly by an American physician,
Of the inhabitants, one group of G+ people received ab<ait i175
roentcens «nc ié tbody gurra rudisticn, and a second grove af lc received 65
rosatuens.
Firt.-aicght experienced skin iesionge which have beaied, and 35
Bivea Siw Tamsrer,
ites Of Bair.
he intermm. us:geition of radioisotopes,
inetudin: strontiume:0, was semi.
ib: Hongelepese buve been glen periodic aedicai exsaipations.
The cenditicn o. the uroup tvo year: after the fallout war fiumemriced as
fo.iors in ths rerort cf the medical teaz «hick conducted the exasimtions:
“Yhe wedicai survey of the Rungeiap people two yeers after exposwre
to fallout radiation ehovs that the peoples appear to have been ja gemepelly
good state of health ond mutrition and are miking sutisfctory recowsy fron
their radiation exposure. Serious illness bes eccurred ta tvo individmls
Dut neither these Ltinesses nov clinton) findings in other indtvidinisean
be attributed to rediation efferte. One death in May 1956, thatOf 0 A6-yearola Rongelap wan, was due to hypertensive heart disease.
Previous examinations
had shown that the disease was undoubtedly present at the tise af exposure
to fallout radiuticn.
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