UNITED STATES
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WASHINGTON. D.C.
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THYROID DISEASE IN RONGELAP ISLANDERS
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This is to advise you that during the current annual medical survey of the
Rongelap people, Dr. Robert Conard has turned up two more individuals with
thyroid tumors, two boys ages 12 and 17, making a total of five (two male
and three female) among those who were children at the time of exposure.
In addition, there is one woman 41 years of age who was found to have
what appears to be a solitary thyroid nodule.
The Journal of the American Medical Association has accepted for publication an article by Dr. Conard summarizing 10 years of observations on the
Rongelap people and which includes information on the three cases of
thyroid tumor noted last year.
It is expected that this article will
appear within the next few weeks.
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Charles L. Dunham, M.D.
Director
Division of Biology and Medicine
P,S.
The Joint Committee is being informed of the above.
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