S!BISOS ae PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED Whydo I need to take medicine for my thyroid? If you had an operation and yourthyroid gland was removed,the medicine will do the job that your thyroid used to do. So, you must keep taking your medicine. Some people who did not have the operation take different medicine so that their thyroid glands do not get sick. It is very important that you take your medicineif you wantto stay healthy. Whatkindofradiation caused thyroid sickness and leukemia? Thyroid sickness in Rongelap was caused bya certain type of radiation that at- tacked the thyroid gland. Scientists call it iodine131 or radioactive iodine. All of the radiation is gone now butthe thyroid in some people was damaged andit takes a long timefor thesickness to show. Leukemiais a disease of the blood. Doctors do not know howit is caused but they know that blood is made inside your bones and that someofthe radiation is in your bones. In leukemia the bonesaresick so they cannot make blood properly. Vj aikuij ke idrak uno kin thyroid eo ao? Elane kwar mwijmwij im thyroid gland eo am ejako, uno in enaj komonejerb eo an kar thyroid gland eo. Kin menin kwoj aikuij idrak uno. Armij ro rar ja mwijmwij rej bok jet kain uno bwe en jab naninmij thyroid ko aer. Ekanoj la tokjen bwe kwon bok uno ko elane kwokonan bwe kwon ejmur. Kain rot poison co ear komon naninmij in thyroid ak leukemia? Naninmij in thyroid eo ear walokin Rongelap ej walok jen jet ian poison ko r kakure thyroid ko ak komon bwe ron naninmij. Im scintists ran roj na etan iodine 12 ak radioactive iodine. Aoleb poison in im jako botab jet ian armij ro ar joren thyroi ko ibeir im kio enaj orjirik ien im ronaj bok naninmij. Leukemia ¢j naninmi j i botoktok. Doctor ro rojab jele ewi wewen an komon naninmij. Botab rojele by botoktok ¢j komanim walok jen dri ko ilo enbwin, im kio ewor moton poison in i! dri ko drim. Ilo leukemia ne dri ko drim roj Naninmij eban emon air koma | botoktok. What will happento the people wio were not exposed to radiation but are now living on Rongelap and Utirik? . They don’t havetoworry because we don’t believe that they will get sick from the radiation.” . Feast - People "Thine wee Dawnslat hanhle Thev avo hantthy Eworta enaj walok non armij ro rar jab jorren ak rej joke kio ilo ailin kein? Rej jab aikuij inebata bwe kim ij jab tomak renaj naninmij jen poison. Kojkoj in mone - Armij few Rel armisin Ranaslah Peaae ave wm neice bet.