%
THYROID LESIONS IN MARSHALLESE!
GROUP
THYROID DOSE
Mla
2
1v7qy
LESIONS
175 + ?
33.3 (1/3)
675 - 1440
89.57% (17/19) (1 cancer )
335-675
12.5% (1/8)
>
(exposed in utero)
69 + ?
0.0 (0/1)
>
(exposed at < age 10)
300 - 480
33.3% (2/6)
U (exposed at < age 10)
40 - 80
0.07 (0/53)
”
(non-exposed < age 10)
0
1.6% (1/61)
ct
CUTLDREN?
(exposed < age 10)
0
0.0% (0/31)
m
R (exposed in utero)
(exposed at < age 10)
R (exposed at < age 10-16)
ADULTS
(3/37) (2 cases cancer)
~ age 16)
335
8.1%,
A (exposed ~: age 10)
132
25.0%
22
5.8%
(6/104) (1 cancer)
R(c) (non-exposed ~ age 10)
5.3%
(7/133)
L
4.7% (5/106)
R (exposed
U exposed ~ age 10
non~exposed “ age 10
(3/12)
1.
Stastics based on original number people.
2.
Thyroid dose from I - 131 - 132 - 133 - 135 plus gamma.
3.
R= Rongelap exposed to 175 rad gamma dose; A = Rongelap people on nearby
island receiving 69 rad gamma dose; U = Utirik people exposed to about a
(4 rad gamma dose; R(c) = Unexposed Rongelap control group; L = Likiep
people on an atoll with no radiation exposure.