Attachment No. 1 REPORT OF WILLIAM S. COLE, M.D., MEDICAL CONSULTANT TO THE SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE CONCERNING RONGELAP AND UTIRIK ATOLLS, CONGRESS OF MICRONESIA, FROM THE U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, BUREAU OF RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE In accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding, dated September 21, 1972, I submit this report. The observations and opinions expressed are the result of my visits to Ebeye Island, Rongelap Atoll, Utirik Atoll, and Majuro Island, Marshall Islands, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, from September 5, 1972, to September 23, 1972, with the Brookhaven National Laboratory Medical Team. During this interval the following Marshallese were examined: Exposed persons - Rongelapese - Utirikese 32 76 Unexposed Rongelapese Control Group 16 Children of exposed Rongelapese 30 Children of unexposed Rongelapese 10 In addition, approximately 100 men, women, and children were examined and treated for diseases not related to radiation exposure. For example, more than 60 pairs of charity-donated eyeglasses were dispensed to the people of Rongelap and Utirik. enteritis infection on both Rongelap and Utirik. In addition, a localized epidemic of influenza occurred among those people and the personnel of the Medical Team, resulting in a quarantine of the involved islands. This proved to be an additional handicap in the conduct of the examinations by the Medical Team when it arrived at the Majuro Memorial Hospital, Majuro Atoll. uh J = Pa The visit of the Medical Team coincided with a serious outbreak of upper respiratory diseases and an acute gastro- 19T