CONTENTS VI. Rapiotocicar Monrrorinc of PERSONNEL AND ENVIRONMENT.....0....:cccccccccccsetsseeseeetieets AL Gemeraln..c i cccecceceeccssecsereeeettenes beeen oc Cc -O om e st d n e sne e e taceaene ae enes 67 B. Fe Body Burdens in Rongelapese oo... ccc escceeeeceeesesesesssestseeeneaceee seneseavacee caresses 71 C. Personnel Monitoring at Bikimi.......0 ccc cece ceeeeeeceecaescnes cess ceneteeaceneeeeteeeeensees 7h VIT. COMMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS..0.00.0.0.0 ccc ces ceceecseseecees cece ceanseseceescseseseeseed canaceesaetacaeseneeseeess 72 AL The Examimations. 0.00.00... ccccccccecseseeccsseeseeseseee secaesesseesceeeaeseatieseneeeeeceenseeeteeeeeeseeeaees 72 B. Comparison With Other Human Exposures... ccc ceceseeceteetiectteernees FD C. Acute Effects... ccc cccceeececsceeeseesaeeeceeeesecsescssecaseseescsageansecacaescesateecsese seaeeseseessnstaees 73 D. Late Effects... ccc cceceeeeeeececsenseceenecevecseseaesnseacesceneenenseecececeeeceaeaneaeassectuecseseeey 73 E. Thyroid Effects... cee ccceccseceeses sees seeeseececaeeeeseaesevestesceesceranevsreseatsagieeenesersaeeeeees i4 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.2000.0.) 0cscccscecesersctseneceee ceeseuen sees sieves savstececrsdecesecantabeaseesansaessaaeesee taeneevareieenes 75 REFERENCES... cc sccc ese cceecsenceeeseseeceessseceetecscceeaeeneessescensenesens cacaessatetsesisasasuees cree seseaqeeeersasaesees 17 Aprenpix 1. Chronological Listing of Events in the Marshail Islands.......0.0...00.000.00- 83 Appenpix 2. Survey Participants, 1954-1974... cece ceeeeeneees nee ceeeteneceteee 86 Appenpix 3. A Summary of the Findings Over the 20 Year Period on the Japanese Fishermen Exposed to Fallout in 1954.00.00... 89 Appenprx 4. Booklet Printed at Brookhaven National Laboratory To Answer Questions of Rongelap and Utirik People... 94 Appenvix 5. Reported Cases of Notifiable Diseases, Trust Territory Districts................ 106 Appenpix 6. Mean Blood Counts at Various Times After Exposure... ccc 107 Appenpix 7. Pediatric Anthropometric Data (Height and Weight), 1970-1974.............. 110 Appennix 8. Serum Iodine Levels in Marshallese, 1958-1974... cece cereeeentees Lil AppenpIx 9. Urinary Iodine Excretion, Dietary Iodine, and Principal Isotopes Contributing to Thyroid Dose... eee 116 Appenpix 10. Hospital Records of Thyroid Cases, 1972-1974... eee eset ceneetene 118 Appenpix 11. Hospital Summary of Leukemia Case... csc nenenennenreiees 140 Appenpix 12. Personnel Monitoring.....00......0.00.. ccc cc ceeceeee eee seee rece cans cnes sees teneearneceneeeeceeas 146 AppenDix 13. Report of the Ad Hoe Committee To Evaluate the Radiological Hazards of Resettlementof the Bikini Atoll, May 1968.00.00. 1. 152 Appenoce 14. Gamma Radiation Measurements on Bikini Island, 1974.........00000.0 154 ix 20 se 67