STAFF REPORT
py the Staff of the
Division of Biomedical and Environmental Research
Reactivation of the Medical Survey Team for the Marshallese
Exposed to Fallout from the “Bravo” Test on March 1, 1954
The medical survey team which annually has examined the Marshallese
exposed to fallout from the March 1, 1954 "Bravo" test, only partially
accomplished its objectives this Spring.
Dr. Robert A. Conard, Medical
Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, organizer and leader of the
team, reports that the team was able to examine only 4o of 192 exposed
and 15 of 60 control Marshallese selected for examination this year.
Many of the Marshallese this year did not volunteer for physical exami-
nations and the routine clinical tests.
However, three of the five
Marshallese who have previously undergone surgery for removal o{ neoplastic thyroid tissue were reexamined at Tripler General Hospital in
Honolulu during April.
Two of these three were escorted to Cleveland
in June for surgical exploration of the neck region for recurrence or
metastases.
No abnormalities were found and both people have returned
to the Islands in excellent spirits and health.
Aside from these data
Dr. Conard has cbserved nothing which changes the status as of the 1971
ledicalSurvey.
The exposed Marshallese as well as all the Marshallese on Rongelap
and Utirik Atolls have repeatedly expressed discontent with the day by
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