ef ay hy ee Dee cm he Mee ee fs Eas Tee a EEK he The signing ‘of.the Limited ‘Vest Ban ‘reuty in September - 1963 marked :‘the‘close of 14 years of atmospheric*nuciear - Weapons testing spread over an 18-year period. However, it «did not mark the end of a need for further informatjon and This pamphlet ‘is concerned principally with:‘thehealth i aspects of nuclear weapons testing in the‘atmosphere. *:-Nothing new is“contained herein and much hasbeen‘pmitted a.) . for brevity. The!‘pamphlet does attempt to bring together the reat me tee -. Weapons testing, 3. . oe oS ee ,_ interpretation of data concerning the health aspects ofnuclear highlights of alarge bedy of information and thus in some small way may aasiat‘infurther enlightenment of a complex subject. : : . % if QE val a ts BOF. a ‘, ‘ bo GORDON M. DUNNING US, Atomic Energy Lomnjjesion Washington,D.C. c- :a og s" t . “renee Pe aS Ronan oe / te ~ we aSe “4%Ope eee CIO OS Reh 2 = ae re ORRe a Lee Se any PREFACE