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FIGURE 3.—Rongelapese returned to their home island June 1957.
were newly built by the U.S. Government.
Structures
itching of the skin (see section on Skin Exposure below, sec-
tion I C page8).
Also, there were definite changes in levels of blood consti-
tuents for months afterwards. The Marshallese have been examined by a team of physicians yearly and to the present time
no statistical differences have appeared between them and the
“control” group for such factors as birth and death rates, lifeshortening, leukemia, cataracts or cardiovascular, arthritic,
ophthalmic, or dental defects. There may be a suggestion of
greater incidence of miscarriages and stillbirths and more
recent data indicate that there may be a lag in growth and
development of the children, but the paucity of vital statistics
and the small number of persons involved preclude a determin-
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nation.
It was reported by the Japanese that some fishermen aboard
a vessel near the Pacific Proving Ground on the same date may
have received a higher exposure than the Marshallese.’ One
of these fishermen died on September 23, 1954 of a liver disorder
complicated by the development of jaundice and pneumonia.*
The highest estimated exposure to any individual near the
Nevada Test Site was 13.5 roentgens and the next highest
10.5 roentgens.
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The highest estimated exposure to any com-