Are miscarriages caused bythe fallout? Someof the miscarriages in exposed Rongelap women duringthefirst yearsafter the fallout may have been dueto radiation exposure. Since that time there were only a few miscarriages and this is normal. Women no longer have to worry about miscarriages due to radiation. Sy ea sa > — s Py ee ne af re } we J ea —_“ Children and women They are healthy. If I have trouble with my thyroid, will I be healthy again? If you are treated properly and you follow the doctor’s advice, you should be healthy and strong like anybody else. You should be examined every yearso the doctor can find out if you have thyroid disease. If the doctors operate on yourthvroid, they will give you medicine. If you listen to the doctor and keep taking your medicine, you will stay strong and healthy. Since people who were not exposed to fallout have been living on the islands for some time, have the Brookhaven doctors found any signs of radiation sickness in them andif so will they be compensated? Thereis practically no chancethat any of these people will develop any radiation sickness since the amountofradiation left on the islands is so small. If it did happen the government probably would consider compensation. - 98 -