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Table 2
Location of Rongelap People, 1964
Exposed
Mayjuro
Kwajalein
Rongelap
Eniaetok
Other atolls
Toral
Unexposed
Adults
Children
Children of exposed parents
Adults
Children
3
9
34
0
2
1
6
20
0
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29
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37
72
3
13
7
40
49
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11
21
103
204
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27
48
28
43
132
108
359
of comparable size. Since the return of the people
to Rongelap, however, this group has about
doubled in size.
Toral
children of the comparison population). The ma-
jority of these people were examined on Rongelap
Atoll, but about 100 of them were examined at
Ebeye (Kwajalein Atoll) and a few at Majuro
Organization
1963 SURVEY (9 YEARS POST EXPOSURE}
Examinations were conducted on the following
Rongelap people: 70 exposed, 35 children of exposed parents, and 196 unexposed (adults and
Atoll. In addition, Utirik Atoll was visited and 84
exposed people were examined there. The survey
team consisted of 10 physicians and technicians
from the United States and 6 from the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (see Figure 2). A Trust
Territory ship, the M/V Roque, was used to trans-
port the medical team to the Islands (Figure 3).
The team lived ashore rather than on boardship