the remains and pictures of St. Mary in Crief, of St. John and of the
images of angels at Urakami Cathedral blackened and disfigured by
ee
the heat, radiation and shock of the blast.
ATOMIC DISEASE INSTITUTE, NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY
The Committee met with Dr.
Institute.
Shunzo Okajima, Director of the
He explained that of an estimated population of 9,000 in
the Nishiyama District, about 500 people had been affected by fallout.
Three hundred of these had been studied in order to get rrom them a group
of 80 to study.
He said that there is little radfation remaining in
the soil that low, although significant amounts of radiation could
still be found in the study group.
He indicated that this group
showed a higher frequency of chromosome aberrations than a comparison
group.
Although not exposed to direct radiation from the bomb, maxi-
mum exposure was estimated to be about 30 rads.
He said that the
people don't seem to mind the tests and that--relatively speaking--
body burden counts were high, they were very small, in the order of
1/2000th of threshold.
He indicated that his institute
is
preparing
a study entitled "Radioactivity and Fallout Effect Survey, Nishiyama
Residents and Comparison Subjects, Nagasaki,’ which would be published
within the next several months.
TOKYO
The Special Joint Committee departed from Nagasaki for Tokyo on
Wednesday, June 28, 1972.
After arriving, it contacted Dr. Kumatori
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