77
Bertell
coe
:
April 15, 1988
Page
10:
th of
There is no evidence to show that the general he
the Rongelap people has improved compared to tha prior
to the Bravo test in 1954.
There is very little n the
way of written records to use for comparison.
The
Some
diabetes study was not even begun until 1974.
disease
such
as
venereal
or
vitamin A_ defi iency
increased after the Bravo shot
(Conard 1975)
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A Rongelap youth died in 1972 from myeloid le
emia.
He had been exposed to the Bravo test fallout w en he
was 18 months old.
wea
2
men
”
pre
wm ws
es
Notes
There may been an artificial reduction in o
thyroid cancers attributable to surgical removal
thvroid gland.
erved
bf the
a
Z :
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Public
The
International
Institute
of
Concern
for
Health has asked two physicians Dr. Bernard Lau a nd Dr.
Brenda Caloyannis, to examine health of the Ronge }apese
in 1985 — 1988.
Their findings indicate a high level
of ill health especially among those who lived on
Rongelap Atoll.
A separate report on this wijll be
submitted to the U.S. Congress.
}Page 12(b),:
This
report
assignments
1985).
has
made
We are
estimates were
not
to
researched
the
thyroid
not able to conclude
"much too
low."
the
dose
1964,
that the or lginal
gland
various
(1957,
Page 21 (@)'?
According to Conard 1975 (page 16), which covers adult
mortality of Rongelapese exposed and unexposed between
1956 and 1974, the first 20 years after the Bravo test: