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The twenty-sixth meeting of the Advisery Committee for Slelogy and
Wedicine was held at the Atomic Inerzgy Commission in “ashington, 0.C. on
Friday and saturday, tiarch 9 amd 10, 1951,
Governor ‘Millard Caldwall, administrator of Federal Civil Jefense idnine
istration, and several members of hia staff wet with the Committes to discuss
civil defense >roblexs,.
The problems emanating from the work of the Atomle Bomb Casualty Commission
in Japan vere again considered.
The committee, *..,in its continued appraisal
of the situation" and "in light of the willingness of the National Academy of
Selences and the expresacd interest and cooperation of the Department of State,
voted to continue operation of the s5CC work in Japan, and recoemends to the
Commission that the contract with the Academy be renewed and that the seneral
scope of tha work = so far as conditions permit - be continued as currently
defined, namely: general medical survey, leukemia survey, cataract. stucies,
genotiec studies,
These my be codified from time to time by joint eonsultation
by representatives of the A&C sand NAS. In formiating thia the Comittee
believes that the wrk met be carried cut to its legieal conclusion ani met
necessarily be pursued over a considerable pemlod of tine.
It le recocnized
that short time operation would be wasteful scientifically and flnunelally
andi that the study mst be contimied for a period of years."
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Representatives of the Sivision are aiding Jr, Graves and hie staff with
the biomedical test pregran.
Recent studies in the cenetic effects of radiation hawe indicated the need
for extreme caution in considering anything less than full protection against
radioactive hazards in designing future plants and laboratories,
hile the
results of genetic studies with aice cannot be axtrapolated to man with
absolute assurance at this time, nevertheless, reasonable oerrelation is
pessible, Reeoent data coming from Oak Ridge Hational Laboratory would suggest
that the sounder policy 1s to slan for foll-seeale protection.
Fou general lessons can be learned from the Chalk River explosion on
December 13, 1950 which may have applicationto our efvi) defense and disaster
planning:
(a) All entrances but one should be sealed off when a hospital is
admitting contaminated patients in order to avoid general and uanegeasery
contamination of other pertions of the hospitals (b) Care should be axercised
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