15
i
Table 7.
:
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Incidence of eye disorders in Rongelap and control populations.
Eye disorders
1,
Arcus senilis
2,
Chalazion
|
|
3,
4,
Ptosis
Nerve VII paralysis
|
6,
Foreign bodies imbedded in the lids
|
|
8.
9,
Phthisis bulbi
Pinguecula
|
|
Percent
Controls**
Percent
13
14.2
6
10.5
3
3.2
-
-
2
2.0
1
-
1.7
-
1
lel
-
2
7. Strabismus
2.0
1
|
1.7
-
6
6.4
2
3.5
3
5
9
3.2
5.2
9.6
l
4
1
1.7
7.1
1.7
Pterygium
a. unilateral
b. bilateral
5
Lt
5.2
12.1
4
4
71
Tl
!
'
12,
Pterygium, 3 or more
-
1
1.7
\
14,
15,
16.
Corneal scars
Pannus
Interstitial keratitis
-
17.
18.
Argylle-Robinson pupil
Ectropion uveii
-
ll.
|
Rongelaps*
5. Conjunctivitis
10.
|
:
1
a. unilateral
b. bilateral
Pterygium in one eye and pinguecula in the
fellow eye
13, Corneal pigmentation
19,
20,
a.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
Congenital
3.2
1
I
1
l
1
1
1.1
“
-
lel
1.7
-
1.1
1.1
-
1.1
1
Senile
2
-
-
.
1.7
1.7
-
3.5
-
6
6.4
2
3.5
Incipient
8
8.4
4
V1
Hyaloid remnants
Mittendorf dot
1
1
lel
ll
-
-
l
1
3
6
1
2
Ll
1.1
3.2
6.4
1.1
2.0
1
1
3
2
L
1.7
1.7
5.3
3.5
L.7
1.
Congenital remnants of the hyaloid system
a.
b.
-
3
1
Aphakia
Cataracts
b.
L.1
Drusen
Retinal scars, healed
Choroiditis, healed
Vitreous floaters
Macular degeneration
Retinopathy, arteriosclerotic
28. Retinopathy, diabetic
-
-
*Total:
91; with pathology:
45 (49%); without pathology:
46.
**Total:
57; with pathology:
24 (42%); without pathology:
33.
1
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|
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:
1
Ll?!
Radiochemical analysis of bone samples taken from the Marshallese man who
died revealed strontium-90 in the amount of 1.6 t+ 0.06 disintegrations/min/g ash,
well below the accepted tolerance limit and in the range of activity for this isotope
found in the bones of Americans.
Examination of radiographs of femurs of exposed children revealed no bone defects from possible deposits of radionuclides,
Summary and Conclusions
The medical survey of the Rongelap people two years after exposure to fallout
radiation shows that the people appear to have been in a generally good state of health