TABLE FOUR SOME POSSIBLE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS FROM RADIATION DOSES TO SPECIFIC ORGANS * Dose (Rads) Gastrointestinal Thyroid Tract — 10,000 -+- Minor changes in -istructure Bones ° a Tumor production ~Permanent or serious ‘damage -- survival threatened 1,000 -; Tumor Preduction _+ -4- Minor changes in structure .Immediate effects such as nausea and vomiting Potential carcinogenic dose to thyroids of few percent of children and adolescents 100 -# #Lesser short term effects would be exnected from the same doses distributed in time. DOE ARCHIVES