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 » TADTONTCLIDES io” 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