a, There has been little illness among the people
during the past year and they appear to be in good
health and in a good state of nutrition.
Most of the
clinical findings were similar to those observed in
previous examinations and occur with about the same
degree of frequency in the Rongelap people as in the
control group,
None of the clinical findings noted
in the Rongelap people appears to be related in any way
to radiation effect,
b, Fifteen Rongelap people continue to show recognizable residual radiation skin lesions but all lesions showed
seme degree of improvement in this examination, In
et
none ot the cases was there any evidence of tissue
preakdown or sign of malignancy.
The plastic surgeon
who accompanied the team on this survey did not feel
that surgery procedures were indicated in any of the
cases at this time,
c,. Preliminary survey of the data shows that there
is in most cases continued improvement in blood
condition. Examination of the eyes revealed no lens
opacities or other findings which could be directiy
related to radiation effect.
Preliminary results of
radiochemical analysis of urine revealed measurable
activity, Additional analyses are being made.
11, While the medical team was at Majuro, a United Nations
group visited the atoll,
Nationals of Great Britain, Indie,
Belgium, Guatemala, and China were in this group, which
conferred with the Navy team on the status of the Marshallese,
They appeared to be favorably impressed with the handling of the
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problem,
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Radiation Exposure Data
12, There is a crowing need for a better correlation of
radiation doses with available data on the effects of hurén
exposure to radiation.
Sources of data on human exposure
include some of the civil effects tests in Operation TEAFOT,
the
fallout on the Marshallese in Operation CASTIE, and the
Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings in 1945,
13, The more recent information sugsests the need for
reevaluating data on the Japanese,
Various research groups,
ineluding the National Research Council, the Atomic Bomb Casualty
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