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A publication of the Scientists’ Institute for Public Information
July 20, 1973
Dr.
Robert A.
Conard
Medical Research Center
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, Long Island, New York
Dear Dr.
Conard:
At the time of the Bravo test, early announcements of those exposed
to fallout referred to a group of U.S. servicemen, as well as to the
Marshallese and the Japanese fishermen on the Lucky Dragon.
It was
reported that their exposures were less, because they took shelter,
and decontamination measures,
However, I assume that there was
some effort to estimate their exposure, and some followup to ascertain whether any of them suffered subsequent ill effects.
Can you
provide answers to the following questions,
published reports which might answer them?
1)
or direct me to any
How many servicemen were exposed?
2)
3)
To what estimated dose?
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What data were obtained on immediate effects?
5)
What data were obtained on their subsequent health?
What
illnesses, if any, developed in this group that might have been
attributed to their radiation exposure?
4)
How long were they followed?
I am also interested in learning whether any other groups of servicemen or AEC personnel were exposed to close-in fallout in the course
of the testing program, what followup studies were done, and the data,
1£ reported.
Have there been any scientific reports in either English or Japanese
of late effects among the Lucky Dragon fishermen?
Thank you for any assistancé you can give me in obtaining this information.
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Virginia Brodine
Consulting Editor
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