“DAAF- 7 fh Chasen 409900 R REPOSITORY ft. Nv __ BOX Ne 2 ea FOLDER Nise | N. J. Dernboch — Eslands TIO [Woeshull | ndtne Corrtypo IML . r Public Relations Office borstery Brookhaven Neticnal La 43 York! 1994: |_Upton, Li}, Neaw w Yor BROOKHAVEN TEAM REPORTS ON 1969 EXAMINATION OF MARSHALLESE ISLANDERS “the AEC's Brookhaven National Laboratory responsible for monitoring the " Marshall Islanders who were accidentally exposed to fallout from a 1954 Bikini bomb test, reported five patients with thyroid abnormalities (nod- \ ules) were brought back to the United States for thyroid surgery as a result _ 104d NIV.LNOOD LON SAOd LNa WND0q Q pomaraay Upton, N.Y.--Dr, Robert A, Conard (MD), head of the medical team from They arrived at Brookhaven National Laboratory The surgery was performed on September 8, 9, and 10 by Dr. Brown Dobyns The patients and their diag- noses are as follows: One 36-year old female from Rongelap was an adult at the time of exposure, who had received 160 rads to the thyroid from radioactive iodines in the food and water plus 175 rads of whole body exposure, and whose thyroid nodules did not develop to the detectable stage until the March, 1969 medical survey, She had a partial thyroidectomy to remove a nodule which proved to be malignant. Two 22-year old females from Rongelap who were seven years old at the time of the fallout, who received 500-1000 rads to the thyroid from radioiodines in the food and water, plus 175 rads of whole body exposure, One had a partial thyroidectomy to remove a nodule which proved to be benign, The other had a complete thyroidectomy removing a tumor which was malignant, A 22-year old male from Rongelap, who had received the same dose as the females, had a partial thyroidectomy to remove a nodule which proved to be benign, ‘ } ; aye at the Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, / ) on August 26 and returned to the Marshall Islands on September 21, BEST COPY AVAILABLE. One 34-year old female from Utirik, who received 15 rads to the thyroid © from food and water plus 14 rads of whole body exposure, had a hemi-thyroidectomy to remove a tumor which proved to be malignant, This case is not be- ‘lieved to be due to radiation exposure in view of the low dose received and ay of the 1969 medical survey,