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camples collected subsecuent to January 20 gave negative
results.
The only thing that this demenstrates is that no
detectable level of Pu-239 was
jection of

larae

volumes

muscle of animals,
fractions,

up to

the Pu-239

70%,

found.

of Pu-239

remain

Even following the in-

solution

into

or

feces

(see

skin

and

is slowly absorbed and appreciable
at the

site of

injection.

over, of the quantity absorbed only a small
in the urine

the

page

3,

Exhibit

More-

fraction avpears
3

and Exhibit 4).

an
case we are concerned with only a very small
“olume of solution and hence we should not be surprised if we
obtain negative results in an individual urine or feces

sample.

(See also Exhibit 5)

The physical examination performed by Dr.

Roy E. Albert

on January 23, 1963, has no relevance.
One would expect no
overt signs of radiation injury at this early date from the

small quantity of Pu-239 which is at issue here.

We are concerned

here with the long term effects, not the acute effects.

The medical history of
“navears

to he

accurate,

as recorded by Dr. Wald

newever,

he

omitted

the

conclusions

of the Pathology Report of the Hospital for Special Surcery
wherein the unanimous opinion of the pathologists was stated
. to be that this lesion was a synovial sarcoma.
The negative

findings in the feces and urine in April of

-°70 are of no more relevance than the similar findings in the

January 1963 samples.

The whole body counter has a detection

limit’ of 0.3 u Ci of Pu-239.

At issue here are quantities

below 0.06 u Ci and, hence, well below ther detectable
There are three reasons for setting aside
findings in the initial tissue removed from

limit.

the neqative
.
First,

since the pathologist report indicated "no evidence of atypical
or malignant changes," it is quite possible that this mass was

unrelated to the sarcoma,
Recall here that the histology of
the small nodule in Exhibit 2 showed severe changes that resembled
precancerous changes.
Third, the site of contamination was
not necessarily removed with the mass or it could have trimmed
from the mass prior to production of the paraffin blocks and
Slides.
Consider here that the nodule in Exhibit 2 was only

1/10 of a millimeter in diameter.

developed an infiltrating soft

Since

tissue sarcoma,

eventually

and this original

tissue removed showed no atypical change, there is no basis for

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