CONTENTS Vb Rapiotocica, Mosirorinc oF PERSONNEL AND ENVIRONMENT cesses ccsesssececsecseeeness 67 AL Gereralinn ccc cece cece cnet cece set een cnet seer ecttaeeseeneeee cis itesueeeneeascceseesereneas 67 B. 55Fe Body Burdens in Rongelapese.....00.0 0 cece cece cceeeecettetsesee eeetereeecas 71 C. Personnel Monitoring at Bikini....... 0.0.0... betes cetettettte nese: cevevcsueeeuaeeeeteneceeeeneeeseaes 71 VIE. COMMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS 000.000.000.000 cccccccccecec cece seuss ceeeneeses cases cusecae¢ense tee aeceeaseeseseen ss 72 A. The Examinations... 00000 cccece cece ce ceeeceeeeseetaeeeaecceesustecssctasesseeaeesueeeseessecnecs 72 B. Comparison With Other Human Exposures....0.00 000000 se eee ceertseter sete ete ees 72 C. Acute Effects... ccc ccc cce cece cee eeeccnes teveesee sense scceueeesseessoeasssaeeesteaten seseeneseesnanes 73 D. Late Effects 0.00.00 ccc ccccccececcececccseeeeeceseesceeeescecaeceeescaeseeeeusssensessesneecaseessesinesnetaeeeaees 73 E. Thyroid Effects....0.0..0. ccc cece cece ce ceceecceneecceesseeeeenceceesesessceeseeesususegesiee seeeaeeceeenereaaees 74 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS... 022.000. ccecceceecce cece ceccceee cee eceeceeeeeeeetesseaceneceeesteeecsntcaceeeseesaeenessengesiceareeseeteeeeees 75 REFERENCES ....cccccccccccccesecsceeceesecusteneeceeesece cee tte ceneecsescasecssceaaeueesesseceesseetatesaeeteaeseeeeeeeseesaetese eee 77 Appenpix 1. Chronological Listing of Events in the MarshallIslands.....00.0.0 0 83 Appenpix 2. Survey Participants, 1954-1974. eeec cence ceee cee eesectesavesetnneeceees 86 Appenpix 3. A Summary of the Findings Over the 20 Year Period on the Japanese Fishermen Exposed to Fallout in 195400000= 89 Appenpix 4. Booklet Printed at Brookhaven National Laboratory To Answer Questions of Rongelap and Utirik People... | 94 APPENDIX 5. Reported Cases of Notifiable Diseases, Trust Territory Districts................ 106 APPENDIX 6. Mean Blood Counts at Various Times After Exposure..........0.2--.:cccceee 107 APPENDIX 7. Pediatric Anthropometric Data (Height and Weight), 1920 Appennix 8. Serum Iodine Levels in Marshallese, 1958-1978 oe ~ AppenDix 9. Urinary lodine Excretion, Dietary Iodine, 7 and Principal Isotopes Contributing to Thyroid Dose... Rioote 116 Appenpix 10. Hospital Records of Thyroid Cases, 1972ASF ecccceescneceeee ag AppENnix 11. Hospital Summary of Leukemia Case...ce eecccccecscsecsccsssseceesseeeseeet25Mao “ APPENDIX 12. AppenbDIx 13. Appenpix 14. z=. Personne! Monitoring...........00000000..-:=i ae : sacsescencaeccssestensentssionMe Report of the Ad Hoc Committee To Evaluate-the Ratilogia Hazards” of Resettlementof the Bikini Atoll, May 1968. srlanepeeps sone “agsagaie. 152 . Gamma Radiation Measurements on Bikini Island, 1974.5, fereee - “i a ix * ar 154