Co C of radiation in your body has been getting less and less. to worry about trying to get rid of the little bic ieft. It is no use The newcomers to the Island got very little radiation - far too ‘ittle to cause sickness. So there is no restricgion on people moving to these Islands. All of the sickness seen in the Rongelap people was due to the radiation they got before leaving the Island in March 1954 and it is believed that the Utirik people received too Little radiation to cause sickness. But the Utirik people should be checked to be sure. - 4, SICKNESS DUE TO RADIATION. How does radiation 32. ..: our bodies? Cause discases? Whac kind of radiation caused thyroid lunps and leukemia? Why are scme people becoming sick 20 years after =h2 test? Radiation in very large amounts can burn your skin and eyes and it may get into the bones and thyroid glands. if it causes enough | damage the body cannot do its job properly and this may cause sickness. This sickness may come early (within a month) skin sores in the Rongelap people. early sickness. like the blood effects and The people were soon well from this Some sickness may develop years later like the thyroid neck lumps and possibly the case of leukemia in the Rongelap people. These were due to the radiation to the body and that absorbed into the body during the fallout. It is not known why these sicknesses happen so long after radiation. THYROID LUMPS IN THE RONGELAP PEOPLE. What is is cancer? Why do we have to be taken away to operated upon? Why do I need to take medicine have trouble with my thyroid will I be healthy che thyrdid gland? What the United States to be for my thyroid? If IL agiin? The thyroid gland is in the neck and is necessary for growth ° and health, ~~ 7, . one The radiation caused the gland to function poorly and caused A n lumps in some people and cancer in 4 people. Cann CLAY Thyroid iumpe-ee=tnodsies Ad are a special kind of tissue that ‘is harder than rormal, and some may spread over the body and cause bad sickness so ipaenonee- eet, & - Saran: : . ny ea . “a ‘ i? un . 1s important to get a ee pmmpenmnn a