Are miscarriages caused by the fallout? Someof the miscarriages in exposed Rongelap women duringthefirst vears after the fallout may have been due to radiation exposure. Since that time there were only a few miscarriages and this is normal. Women nolonger have to worry about miscarriages dueto radiation. 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 year so the doctor can find outif you have thyroid disease. If the doctors operate on yourthy- roid, 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 theislandsfor some time, have the Brookhaven doctors found any signs of radiation sickness in them andif so will they be compensated? There is practically no chance that any ofthese peoplewill develop any radiation sickness since the amountofradiation left on the islands is so small. If it did happen the governmentprobably would consider compensation. “ ~ s006194 98 -