SESSION If! CONARD: 10¥ Yes, that is so. FREMONT-SMITH: That would fit. CONARD: But the Japanese have made quite a bit over the fact that this liver disease might be radiation-induced, which is not at all agreed to. Now, to turn to the skin lesions. The Marshallese had symptoms. of itching and burning during the first 24 to 48 hours. This fallout material clung to the skin as a white frosty dust and it was very dif- ficult to remove. FREMONT-SMITH: Do you know why it would cling to the skin? Why was that? CONARD: As you know, in this climate the perspiration made it cling and it got caked into the skin, I think. Ninety percent of the people developed these so-called beta burns beginning about two weeks after exposure. These lesions were first characte rized by pigmented skin, increased pigmentation, parchmentlike thickening of the skin and gradual desquamation; the epithelial layer shed and a nonpigmented area was Ieft beneath. In sosne people the burns were deeper, as evidenced in the ne>t few figures. Figure 9 shows one of the boys who wasn't wearing much in the way .° clothing and had multiple superficial lesions of the skin. EISENBUD: What's the time of this one, Bob? CONARD: That was between two and three weeks. weeks, I believe. About thre- DUNHAM: April léth. CONARD: That was quite a bit later. many about two weeks after exposure. These first appeared on Figure 10 shows "beta burns" of the feet. Figure 1] shows the loss of hair, which occurred in about 90 percent of the children and 40 percent of the adults, and which was usually spotty in nature. There were usuz ily beta burns on the scalpin the areas of the epilation.