eh eB
SST :bkee
.
o * ot
ae,«ft eee
*
~ =
+ oe ‘
n
&:
,
.
_# .
“ate
af
.
*
.
iy
’
gya
a: 5
“ pin
.
la.
+
"yas
ap
FE r}etad “Leas gee stakes
eT
Bea.
Oe Le We wena t
on
“
we
TF
"
o
.
ae
W. H. ADAMS: LATE MEDICAL CONSEQUENCES OF EXPOSURETO RADIOACTIVE
Aging
of conceptions following
s showing an increase in
nownthat normally up to
. Techniques to determine
bout miscarriages in those
1957 was 37.3 per 1000
‘riod, was 48 per 1000 per
lopmental delay. Stature,
To determine if the exposed population was suffering accelerated aging, a series of tests were
performed which evaluated the skin, visual and auditory function, strength, blood pressure, and
numerous other parameters (14). It was concluded that there was no evidence of premature aging.
Hematology
In 1972 acute leukemia was diagnosed in a young man who wasan infant at the time of the
1954 exposure (15). It was calculated that the leukemia was likely due to that irradiation. No
further hematologic malignancies have been diagnoses in the exposed population since that time.
There has been a tendency for the exposed Rongelap population to have, on the average, lower
neutrophil, lymphocyte and platelet counts than the comparison population (Figure 2), but no
NEUTROPHILS
1 studies on young people
LYMPHOCYTES
TotTTT TT Pet PTT TTT
(20> RONGELAP
red that their adult heights
‘rmined that there was no
:-xposed on Rongelap and
wot
Se
to)
os
a
gf
& izok RILINGNAE
4
‘roidism. When thyroid
8 look
4
that this abnormality was
less well-defined effect of
s
t
= eof
/
a
|
=
Dn |
wee
z4
seytes cultured from the
t
®
'20F utinix
L
120k AILINGNAE
8 J
= so
col
A
OF rim
1
'
peed
L
-
eo eis
6 3SO2 14 6 18 20 22 2426 28 30-52
YEARS POST- EXPOSURE
—
a4
RONGELAP
1
Poe
2
isease state. On the other
ation which prevailed on
on
|
the exposure. This 1s not
ymb survivors; Radiation
Figure 2,
z
= 8
e
|
204 6
4
Wn pt
.
80
rle to detect a statistically
iL
3 DOr
UTR
4
ee
-
80
#
Yo
AILINGHAE
z 120+
o
z#
|
y
paoeeeuis
aor
g
oa
KE
ect readings near the time
| anima
z 120
%
a
sf pgaroodtp
80
, for radiation-induced
ant,
;
PLATELETS - FEMALES
fel
“ugar
detected in the Rongelap
f
ts OR 4 6 wh 2022 2426 28 3032
YEARS POST - EXPOSURE
PLATELETS -MALES
120
2d to an unexposed group,
tion on man has yet to be
te 7
fon.
eofSpe 4a
cok
1
learly had retarded growth
spite its large size and the
“TL RONGELAP
UO
tho
6 Ole 1416 B 2022 24% 28 KW
YEARS POST- EXPOSURE
;
120
UTURV
"|
4
{fly
u
2
4 6
u
6 10 (2 [4 18 18 20 22 24 26 26 30 32
TEARS POST - EXPOSURE
Annual mean white blood cell counts and platelet counts of the different exposure
groups (age five years or more) expressed as percent of control, beginning two years
after exposure. Annual blood cell counts did not begin on Utink until 1973.
nisms have clearly shown
275
2Zo%b