RADIATION Part IV’ -6- - term effect of radiation. it aiso may estadlish the amount of radiation that causes such retardation and reveal why the ooys were arfected but not the girls. If we assembled the same information about people in Nevada and Utan, it would be possible to determine if their growtn has oeen affected by this fallout. The information is there, but someone has to get it together. This Goes not require expensive surveys conducted by spe~ cialists using complex instruments. As I stated before, it can De done with simple tools availabie to any doctor and as a part of examinations that are conducted routinely. checking reveals deviations from normal, When routine then expert help can pe sought to determine the significance of the deviation. This is essentially what has been done in the Utah-Arnizona study. Locai doctors and health officers examined 3,600 children. Then tnree thyroid specialists conducted more detailed examinations of tne 95 suspicious cases that were found. Even so, amoiguous. the interpretation of the examination results remain We probably have enougn information availiable in the Jccorads of school children to clear up the ambiguity, ‘Lbeiation is not accessicie. 22 labeled. It is not in one place, put the in~ and it is