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hy ‘The Rongelapese have received complete meatal
investigations at pix months, one year, and two year’ pos
detonation, by a ‘team headed by Dr. Robert Conard of
Broovhaven National Laboratory, as well as several rout!
examinations. _
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5. ‘Status of Rongelapese Health.
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Pertinent totans
discussion of the return of the Rongelapese, to. their. ‘hom:
island is the boay insult suffered from the“fallout on N
1954.
One group of 64 people received about 175 roentgé
whole body gamma radiation, ‘and a second groupof 18 rec
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about. 69 roentgens., The most highly” exposed group tent
rece!ved an additional 100 - 150° reps, to the thyrota, fre
internally deposited isotopes of lodine.
The acpogition
bone seeking isotopes was Very,‘small and at two years“th
burden of _strontium-90, as estinated by”‘Grinalysis, was,
greater than for controls in the United States.
individuals
af the
exposed, 45 experienced superficial skin les
and 13 deep lesions while 35 showed Some degree eRe,
a
yon
6. The present condition of the Rongelap “people is
Gescribed by the results of the two year medical’ examina
"The medical survey of the Rongelap people. two
after exposure to fallout radiation shows that the
people appear to have been in generally good state
health and nutrition and are making satisfactory
recovery from their radiation exposure.
Serious
iliness has occurred in two individuals but neithe
these
illnesses nor clinical
findings
in other
individuals can be attributed to radiation effects
One death in May 1956, that of a 46-year-old Ronge
man, was due to hypertensive heart disease.
Previ
examinations had shown that the disease was undoub
present at the time of exposure to fallout radiati
- "There is evidence of continued improvenent of -
hemopotesis., The mean lymphocyte countis_ slightl
.. Increased _ over the one-year levels, but ‘ts stil1*,
*Medical Survey of Marshallese Two Years ffter txposure
Fallout Rediation.
930. Ri. et al, -Brookhaven, Nats
taboratory, March, 195
: - Department of Eneray..
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