SORRNAD
detonation were boore i the oat
tissue.
The importance of noes or
source
of
contame
natic:
level of internal ce atam
Rongelap.
OF BDSG
baie tee
is ac eonti nie
oe
der ced
the
auc cof the pags tron
These anim ile ig obout tem times
the body burden
the same locahty
of the
soiman population
(As cie
had already dropped to
our borne act vt.
fos values the tire
of evacuation of theceusans. the coptamuination
of the pigs luring thet
srofonged stay on the
island necessaridy dest ed
ote om
naestio yd
oot
radioactive food ao cownter
Radioanalysis or water todo sal srenples fran
Rongelap indicate | big: mevets of contami
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re rense the rate of their excretion has premusty been demonstrated (11-15), It is most
Hee tive vith the rare earth group, but has
cedfecton strontium (154. These studies have
Heyer o ha! most of the biologically hazardous
iiteriad rema ning in the body is firmly fixed
conte within a shorr time, so that etfective
vetemi decontamination by chemical agents
uy ooeenr only ina short period following ex-
Nevertheless. an attempt to effect inooo; decontamination was made 1 weeks post
eronation, sree it weld mobilize and make
election cf teatopes easier, even though if was
od EPO,
ei vee that tae procedure would have limited
biti oat
tis fo me.
tolla vane
\ representative group of seven maividials
detonation,
It appears that ober art ye firs! mart ty
Hmited amount ot Hisste
mracdders Was akan
able to plants grow ue ye Ota ated
soil. Significant amarts 6 f eta leTEVITY oe
well as small ameaunt. ff ua LWehEy by Wepre
present on the external Hrs of plants ot by
days post detonatic 1: Cryly very smiadl armenia
of beta activity amd po pa verity were de
tected in the edible pare oos of fruit. sme as
pandanus, papayes un accounts
However
high levels of aetiy ty vece Sour ‘he coeonas
tree sap, and the PIO a
eR UETALIOE
Wa
‘tom Honselar were selected for this study.
Maing acontrel perrod of 5 days, z4-hour urine
cion from the fallour
very similar to tha
High levels of
oa
eer. tome
sere fauna
taken from Ronge ap iagecn
the ingestion of Contant ter
were the principal sores. foo
nation of human becag
PE
radionuclides, Srv
hee ys.
ot
1
tt
Tt appears * tae
waren cue fst
ternal contin
the ondayi dua
ats
nigh
oe
bility and relative yor so wdieacrive half] te
was probably the sotope ct sreatest pore t
hazard in the enstoonrae
olleered daily for rachlioanalysis
J oorder to establish ao basal excretion rate.
ube the nest 3 days. calcium EDTA was adprostered orniiy,
ert
cla dy
to
ogm per 25 Tbs of body
nsteadl of the preferable intra-
eneus (nro bee vise parenteral therapy was not
rootoen
Under the errcimestinces,
Jwerty four hour urime samples were colvtec eoutly claring the treatment period and
har colavs following treatment to determine the
deer veness ot ED'PA in accelerating the exverron vate of the rmridroelements,
ot wore:
uteyity
ples were
+
Internal headiou tite
lecunt meination b Aes
sg nethod of co internet
apy. Since there
ing the effects of rudition from mternaidy ce
posited emitters, tcenthre nt consist. of reries
Ing the nuclides fron. toe soa. ae orapnlly
posstble. ‘The abdit.
of)
tavlere tian ane
tetra-acetio qerd o ofa e
Po
HODrI ZG certa
of the tsstan pura a?
tan leton 4
No site otfects from the use of EDTA were
reerved
dood counts and blood pressure re-
coooe dain had ced throughout the treatment.
Phe
ooneon
tivity of the urme during the
De A treatment period was 2.5 times the pre-
fectinest
eftioty
The probability that the
Tories observed are due to chance is less
ae
ot
Phas the oral admunistration of
LP A tort pertocdbof so days beginning 52 divs
wt detomatron merenased the excretion rate of
tent ty deposited fission products, but the
eeroali etheer on decreasing the body burden
~lehto
ous te excretion rates were very low
mre
hye
Saree
eg
motor
sree
The first instance of internal de-
oat mexved fission products in hiimitns
ou y result of fallout following a ther
th