25 June 88
HIK
WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNTS IN UNEXPOSED CONTROL GROUPS a/
Date
Group
b/
Cells
_ Neutrophils
per mm”
P
Lymphocytes
Monocytes
Platelets per mm
x 1072
3°54
"Majuro"
(115)
4800
4100
200
310
9°54
"Rita"
(82)
>
5200
3700
180
290
3'5S6
"'Rita'
($7)
3600
4400
i50
3'S7 "Rongelap"
(86)
3'58 '"Rongelap"
|
275
While living on Majuro, before return:
3400
2900
70
280
After return to Rongelap Island in 1957:
(80)
3600
3700
110
320
3'59
(75)
5200
4100
240
310
3'61
(-72)?
4200
3100
120
300
3'62
( 70}?
4200
2900
190
350
3°63
( 70)?
3900
3100
250
310
3'64
( 70)?
4800
3500
240
370
"82-'86
( 70)
4200
2800
330
--
3900
2800
320
"82-'86 "Majuro"
(61)
a/ Brookhaven National Laboratory reports:
--
BNL 384 (T-71), 412 (T-80),
$01 (T-119), 534 (T-135), 609 (T-179), 727 (T-260), 780 (T-296),
908 (T-371}, and the 1982-86 statistics from BNL Medical Division
averaged by Dr. R. Bertell.
Service Information Bureau.
b/
The reports are available from the Technical
The earlier Brookhaven statistics were supplied
by Brookhaven National Laboratory.
All of these groups were unexposed to the fallout of 1954.
The Majuro and Rita groups were living on those islands of Majuro Atoll.
The Rongelap group was living on Majuro until 1957 when almost all of
its members returned to Rongelap. The number examined per year is given
in parentheses.
92