Appendix 4
Booklet Printed at Brookhaven National Laboratory
To Answer Questions of Rongelap and Utirik People
How does radiation cause
diseases in our bodies?
Radiationin fallout caused
injury to parts of the body.
Later on these parts became
sick and cannotdo their job
properly. Thereis very little
radiationleft in the body now.
How can wetell if we have radiation in our bodies?
It is difficult for you to know if you have radiation in your body because there is so
little. Only the experts can tell by checking you every year with special machines.
Howcan wegetrid of the radiation in our bodies, trees, ground, crabs, etc?
Your body will remove someof the radiation naturally when you use the benjo
but this takes a long time. The only wayto get rid of the radiation in thetrees, soil,
crabs, etc. is to collect them and dumpthem inio the ocean. But, since the radiation
is weak there is no reason to dothis.
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