' - B4 - PRIVACY ACT MAFERIAL REMOVED assuming that the origin of the sarcoma was included in this tissue mass. : The negative results on the clavicle specimen are also equivocal. The isste here is a Smali quantity of Pu-239 that remained localized in the palmar area of the left hanc. This bone specimen indicates only that the amount of systemically absorbed Pu-239 was too small to be detected in this bone specimen. None of these clinical findings are able to set aside the strong possibility that sarcoma was a direct result of the plutonium contamination. The most likely course of events is that a small quantity of the Pu-239 solution (less the 0.01 milliliter) was deposited in the tissue below paim. This may have occured throucnh a smail cut Or via a sliver. The body then reacted to this material progressed bevonc the precancerous stage to become as a foreign bocy, anc encarsulatec it. Eventually, a lesion Similar to that discussed in Exhibit 2 developed. This nodule an in- filtrating soft tissue sarcoma. Tne chances are some 59,000 times greater that the sarcoma developed in (this fashion than that it occured epontancously. I.thinl: that it is important to point out that all of the infermation relevant to this case was available in 1963. Had Seen informed of the potential cancer risk subsequent to the incident, he could have informed his physicians. As a result they would probably have treated him more cautiously ‘and the tradegy could have heen substantially mitigated. PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED