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Are miscarriages caused bythe fallout?
Some ofthe miscarriages in exposed Rongelap women during the first years afier
the fallout may have been due tu radiation exposure, Since that time there were
only a few miscarriages and this i= normal. Women ao longer have to worry about
miscarriages duc to radiation

Children andwomen
They are healthy,

If have trouble with mythyroid, will [be healthy again?
Ifyou are treated properly and you follow the doctor's advice, vou should be
healthyandstrong like anybodyelse. You should be examined every year so the
doctor can find out if you have Uryroid disease. W the doctors operate on veur thy
roid, they will give you medicine. Ifyou tisten to the doctor and keep taking your
medicine, vou will stay strong and healthy,

Since people who were not exposed to fallout have been living on the islands for
some time, have the Brookhaven doctors found anysigns of radiation sickness in
them andif sa will they be compensated?
Thereis practically no chance that anyof these people will develop anyradiation
sickness since the amount of radiation fefton the islands is sa small. Wit did happen

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