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What is the “unexposed group" ~- how many people?
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Some 200 unexposed Rongelap people, including 75 children, are examined
as part of the annual surveys for comparison purposes.
ll. Q.
Are there public reports on the medical surveys in addition to the
current Journal of the American Medical Association article?
Yes.
12, Q.
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(See attached list.)
How many children were in the exposed group?
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Thirty-five were under 18 years of age at the time of the incident.
Q.
What was the dose to the thyroid in the case of the three girls?
Their thyroids received a dose of about 1,000 rads, largely from
radioiodines.
14, Q.
What kind of shape are these people in now; and what other delayed
effects, besides the nodules, have been observed?
A.
The general health and death rate of the Rongelap exposed population
has been about the same as for the comparison group.
Other possible
residual radiation effects noted in the 86 exposed Rongelapese were:
slight retardation of statural growth and bone maturation in boys
exposed at less than 5 years of age; somewhat greater incidence of
miscarriages in exposed women during the first four years; incomplete
recovery of some of the peripheral blood elements; end increased
lesions in the areas of previous beta radiation burns of the skin,
No definite radiation effects on birth rate, aging, ieukemia, or
malignancy have been noted.
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