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Why do Tneed to take medicine fer mw thyroid?
HWsou had on oneration apa vex thyroid Glind was removed, the medicine will
do theioh mat veur thyroid used to do,
oO. Sa, vou must keep inking .our medicine.
Somes veple who did nat have the operation take diferent medicine so that their
thyroid (hands do not wet sick, Tuas very imi. staat that you take your medicine if
you wats to ttay healthy,
What dud of vudiction caused (hyreid sic! ness and leubeniia?
Thyroid sickness in Ronuclap was caused by a certain wpe of radiauon that at-
tacked the thsroid gland. Scientists cali teisdine 13 er radioactive iodine. All cf
the radiation i gone now bartne thyroid in seme people was damaged sud it takes
a tony timefor tie sickness to chow. Leoukenia is a disease of the blood. Doctors do
not now diowitis caused bui they know that blued is mace inside your bones aid
that soine of the radiation isin your bones. In Cculiemia the bones are sick so ihey
cannot ithe blood properly.
What will happen to the people wiio were not exposed to radiation but are now
living on Roneclap and Utirik?
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They don’: have to worry becouse we don’t believe that they will ect sick from ihe
radiation,
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