tee Table 5.4.—Gross Beta Activity in Urine of People From Ailinginae and the Americans 4 Mean. ...-- “aeeeee 247 150 217 i Age G-15 vrs 53 81 . 180 164 370 Ss : ‘ 7 Mea. .ee2eeeee- ee | —| Age > 1G yrs ; | 900 , ‘ a | . 45 5 5h Ta 410 i 440 1 -99 722 at Mean... . 2. eae ‘ . 1 : ‘ os (i nets be5 : ' Q 945 0 1, 260 Lee eee 385 13 1,810 63 ; ; 1380 | 1,980 834) 0 , 182 1,460 1 1 I i 720 M45 0 438 eee. f tay - 22 74 an o- 404) 78 1, 580 25 . i $20 1} 12 $50 i : 140: Hee 23 °° 754 1, 340 0 0 er cence eee ota on as | 900 § 18 7 y2u2 gig 440 7 5 sco say ' 7350; 45 1G 6 43 5 : i 28 GSU 1,224: 6 i 48° 3 4 , ° 650 ae oN 554) 353 eee. — Me 4980 1 ; | : 4, 16t 4 38h 0 ' Sh sae BOA 1, 200 van 187 a3 7 ee . uw ee a ae Mean... 0.2.00. | are gon Values corrected fur decay. beta aetivity at #5 days post detonation (Table HO), The predominant racbonuslide is sr’, which contributes 42 percent of the total heta aetivity at this time. Assays of fissile material made on pooled sunpdes af urine were all negative within expernuental limits, . The eardy uvine samples anatyzed liv the LASSE. (collected 34 days post detonation) ean. tained fair amounts of radioiadine in addition to the alkaline anal care earths. 4 Qin the basis of the radiochemien! anatysis 9002111 of the wine, the body burden (the radioisetepie deposition in the tissues) was estimmded. ‘The ratio beCween the achivity of the urine and the mnont of iocupP fixed im che body is eeqaired for this calewulation, Tlowever, few ratios are ‘available for the depesition of the various ra- igelemnents in hunins, so that i was necessary to utilize ratios obtained fram animal studies. Of the antuats collected on Rongelap. dee pig wis selected as the closest to che drums in size and metabolism meee 150 1,970 + 8 44 401 a, oP peatee bs | PNASMan Dy gre os Skee meet ot sche earls ee de - Age<i yrs ewes set pt eee FARNATEAUM) Patadunt™ |] A detailed: study was chere- fore quae oon the exeretion of these satiaals ane on 6 ‘ veh ere, te ee Be a careso AMERICANS Dav 44 Post Detoxation eee ALLANGINAE Dav 46 Post Detaxationx pemtt* wie mate ks Teh ee RADIATION foeyor + . . eet woe, . . a ee ee aimeeeS. ak oly om = bo ~] EFFECTS OF IONIZING