78 Bertell April 15 ‘ 1988 Age Group of Deceased | _., Over 60 years Exposed Unexbposed No. (&%) cousmenaasineNO of (%) 12 (66.7%) 40 to 59 years 4 Under 40 years 2 (11.18%) Total 23 (P4. 2%) (22.38) 8 18 (R5.82) 31 Two accidental deaths in the exposed and one accidental death in the unexposed were omitted. The death @f one exposed Rongelapese with reported age 107 [years apparently skewed the results so that the “average age at death" to appear similar in the two groups. Page 14: Although the exposed group has remained the same |since 1954, the "“unexposed" groups has been subjecté¢d to losses to follow-up and arbitrary increases. Page 19: In a situation contamination, the of average continuously dose and range decrdasing of doses in the first year (which would be the highest doses) are more important than the 30 year “integral ose” calculated by Livermore. Moreover, doses to infants and children have been shown to be higher thag the calculated dose to the Standard Man (Miltenberger, Lessard, Steimers and Greenhouse 1980). It i not agreed that DOE calculations were appropriate for answering the question of the Rongelap people, of for that matter, of the US Congress. Page 19: According to the June 1983 Bioassay Mission repo Dr. Lessard to Mr. Robert Ray, the committed effeftive dose equivalent from plutonium alone for thos resided on Bikini may be 350 mSv (7 mSv per year).] Dr. Lessard added: "It should be noted that sifhilar results have been obtained at Rongelap and Uferik Atolls." This dose exceeds all international] and national guidelines and is extremely serious. eeeme em so aoe oe