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APPENDIX B
Statement Submitted to Attorneys for
NN
Re:
et al vs. NUMEC
by:
Arthur R. Tamplin
The
following is my analysis of the origin of
soft tissue sarcoma that ultimately resulted in his
death and of the Consultation Recort, submitted by Dr. Niel
Wald,
dated Jan.
29,
1973.
unloaded, rotated, and loadee a crate containing a leaking carsov of vlutonium-239 (Pu-239) solution.
Tais could not nave occured without contaminatina the palmar
suriace of his left Nand, wnich tias bare.
The a uestion is:
did this Pu-239 contamination cause
to develoos a
sarcoma?
Since radiation induced
chose that occur soentaneouslv, Lt
.
induced.
The United States
for maiicnant neocl2sn
tne uccer extrevityv of
synovial sarcona is
Nence 225
less than
per year
2 soor
the
TA
4
orosnse
i
this trata wo
contaminated
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