é ~3- has probatly occurred in areas which produce milk that is freshly consumed by significant numbers of children. There- fore the published values of gamma and beta radiation indicate, in many instances, not inhabitants, that she region ia totally safe for its but that local children have been subjected to grossly excessive radiation dores to their thyroid glands. Washington county, (tah with a live tirth rate of more than two huncred can cerve a3 an example of the problem con- fronting communities around the Nevada Test cite. At least seven times since 1952, Washington county children received thy- roid doses in the 5 to 106 rad range or higher. Milk for these children seems to come almost entirely from local dairying. Even in the largest town, st. George (pop. 5,000), one dairy collects milk only in Washington county aud another froz cows in three surrounding counties. Hence, farm children drinking milk from the farily cow were not alone among children exposed in ihe county. On May i9, 19593, in the whole of Washington county, gamma readings from shot “Harry” show that the minimum cose a chiid probatly received would be 50 rads. St. Gecrg@ge received 10C *o0 Hurricane showea 15C to ‘19 rad possible thyroid dose and © rad values. Later, on August 31, 1957, shot "Smoky" of che Plumbub series delivered an estimated 10 to 67 rad thyreid «se over an 8000 square mile area outside the Nevada Test Site, neluding Washington county. The local fallout pattern from that shot spread significant doses as far as 700 miles north to Rock Springs, Wyoming.