Appendix 4 Booklet Printed at Brookhaven National Laboratory : La edo bab 1 . a] To Answer Questions of Rongelap and Utirik People - How does radiation cause diseases in our bodies? Radiationin fallout caused injury to parts of the bodv. Later on these parts became sick and cannotdotheir job properly. Thereis very little radiatonleft in the body now. Howcan wetell if we have radiation in our bodies? Tt is difficult for you to know if you have radiation in your body because thereis so little. Only the experts can tell by checking you every year with special machines. Howcan we get rid 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 chetrees,soil, crabs, etc. is to collect them and dump theminto the ocean. But, since the radiation is weak thereis no reason to dothis. Lush growth on Rongelap - 94 - gfe Q 0