10 eA ash sae ahh Sa Rebate, rads. Calculation of the dusige from racioiodines unfortunately had to be based on a single, poutod uring sample frotn Rongelap people collected 13 days post exposure. Llacris?? at fos Alamos had reported a tow evel of 170 inthis sasnple and: hsl calculated: a one-day thyroid content of L122 Ga hascebon the assumption of 0.0 urinary exeretion of the tasximuin thyroid burden on the Look day. Jarnes calculated doses for absorption feo bath ‘habation and digestion. ble noted that the shavterlived bosopes of iodioe delivered 2 lo 3 tines the estimated dose delivered by tb aloue. ‘The ine portance of these shorter-lived isatopes in producing thyroid ctfects ia dhe Misestialtese will he referred to in Section INV, Phe dose toe the thyreid a Rongelap acale (tnehuding goat) was cal: culated ae about S65 rads (200 to 10 rads) and te TM Tae me A oe A thatatad-veareald Rongelip child as 700 te 1D 1b0 rads. (Vhe spread is dice to uneertaintios i este Hnating dose tra absorption of radioiodines by telaleticns versus dowestion.) WWith the UNNAULLE pL iat Chace thier rseeier aol ve hrerlee- Landy ALM UDEEN ID thiees to thy. Ves tered wt tgp roid dses wor the swine as for the Roagelap people, James” calculations were wscd to estimate thyroid doses in the Silingnae and Utirik groups: the results were 845 rads for the Ailingeac adultes and 27 rads forthe Urrcik adults. Vhe children's thyroid doses were bascdl on the weight af the gland ac various ages (Figure $).2" By using ss linear relationship beascen ihe thvrcid size aad the dine calculated by Jaanes, die doses te indie. vidual children were taken frou regression Hines (dlrawa for dhe Uheee oxpescd populations (Figure '): these are given ih Section PV. Li retrospect. tbe estimated average dose af LOS tads ta the thyroids a voung children appears to be low, at leuast for Two bows who developed wirephy and myvsedenu. Vhe calculated doses are obviously cough esti- Jn u d lu is a ca ooer a ed Aue Figure 4. Weights of human thyroids in New York City, (Frou Minas aa ae FS) Dh mates, Vhe incom patabiliiy of the observed etfeets with the calculated doses basedbon EL aust be related pardy tothe greater dase ctloet af short lived jodine betopes (see Appendix Cl), B. ACUTE EFFECTS PYavteaed sh mar (ted) owe 1, Effects of Whole-Body Exposure a. Early Symptoms. Purity the first two chavs, before evacuation, syinptoms related to the skin and the wastrainiestinal tract were nated ina large dimber of Rongelap people, ina besser mui ber auony dhe wraups taposcad on Atkin and « Ce Be ee ne ee as uta o ee Renuerik, and in mone of the Uuiik group. “Phe severity of the svinploims wars correlated with the anouat of faliout and the adieu dose, Skin saptons Giching aod burning of areas mat cov ered by clothing) were noted in abeut aacfourth Figure 4. “Thyroid dose versus age for children in capamed Mirshiallese gross, ofthe Rongelap people, and a few complained of irritation of the eves and lichryimation, These svipplows were thowebt ww be related to beta irra-