Are miscarriages caused by the fallout? Someof the miscarriages in exposed Rongelap womenduringthefirst years after the fallout may have been due to radiation exposure. Since that time there were only a few miscarriages and this is normal. Women nolongerhave to worry about miscarriages due to radiation. Children and women They are healthy. If I have trouble with my thyroid, will I be healthy again? If you are treated properly and you follow the doctor’s advice, you should be healthy and strong like anybody else. You should be examined every yearso the doctor can find outif you have thyroid disease. If the doctors operate on your thyroid, they will give you medicine.If you listen to the doctor and keep taking your medicine, you will stay strong and healthy. Since people who were not exposed to fallout have been living on the islands for sometime, have the Brookhaven doctors found anysignsof radiation sickness in them andif so will they be compensated? There is practically no chance that anyof these people will develop any radiation sickness since the amountof radiation left on theislands is so small. If it did happen the governmentprobably would consider compensation. « 98 - .