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