7 Lt . av f i Lat a -ee - . 7. Te W. be Cat ae * .t on, Tae wus oye ieE ce THE FOREIGN SERVICEse >i OF THE |. °." unired, STATESOF ANERIOA Dr, Rokuzo”Kobayashi” te National Institute ofHealth; Welfare Ministry TUAYO © ae on can be_ accepted.as well,within ithe.Jinits”“Of”ssaetyesa ‘The “results:ol fol lowe ?fares. fen AY ost MASUDA, Sandtre. air > easaiaPoe Resse t Ps+: S o Yr : ee ze PUES '- 720 “gis thtegrations ‘perm minute per” <': °°. Du See MApers raheeaeeaeBiel e Sa YAMAKOTO, ‘Tadashi: ‘" 510 jGleintegretions permd uke Pere ae pet eS co: diter: fs tee, “Tt fae VAS SS ~ Peet boot Data ‘on. the tnadvaduai’ radio-Fsbtopes:wit be:“telegraphed0 Lo me in another’ few days.’ It will then be’possible’ for” me to bemore:guantitative in estimating the dose from “absorbed— fission products;However,it is "most certainthat thestordee..of:long-lived Fadtosryfs. «a Ao2 Dos _ at 2 isotopes| is Ansignificant in these” METLs2 . q-8*5 Lat at ae IF are 7 ~ As” you yniow, the: rate “of excretion.oF ‘fabston products"et"‘any: tine after absorption bears a relationship to the ausntittes. ted in the various tissues, The principal radiochemical ! m Mm reras & rsa hot mM fm: aay My ie cy’ 3° = wo» WO mW et Oo OO OKO Baa oa'd < S {(p oO cr uo oOo Fb st tuents at this time are due, to Sr89, Lalk4O and the Rare’ .+-,- Tees are isotopes which heave relatively. short naif- lives” re eli: ted from the body with comparative rapidity eitherBicsctive Gecay or excretion, In the case of these cetients, is most certainly an insignificant fraction of the total : rbed redicactivity, The permissible urinary excretion, ccnring the . isotopes involved, would be greater, by a lerge or, than the vélues reported above. Qn ner ort a I note that the nerspepers continue to carry occesional of the Japanese investigators to the effect tnat the t tements r Ge nosis for the fishermen is edversely affected by the fact ~ -:. .. ni at long-life bone-seeking isotores are Geposited in theirsion i esues, It is regrettable ‘that the public continues__to_ te piBs. n forzed in this “respect,.. Certainlythe resultsreported above! + r gue convincingly that,‘only.minimal, medically insignificant!pitas cunts of fission products have been ebsorbed into the tissues: - < f the two patients, for whom" results. are available, ae at =. . : .. : V7 PLN ew . “oe -= - “+ Sot tip =>" a ~ eed at at-* at. ‘=ae ewe. | ee ae sie te s “3 -_ ? wea Paid a ~ = * cadtee felts aa wee a <- _ a: =wo4 ..* = a7. -* eo. sae . ™“’ ' : . : > . . . ' oan . vs _: a 2 .a . ° .¢1 - re