rate of 8.1 per 1000 population. compared with 8.3 for the comparison population and 6.8 for the were slightly e mea n erythrocyte levels that in 1959 th elements These blood iower in the exposed people. nthe Ailingnae group also showed someslight levels but not depression below the unexposed Marshall Islands as a whole. Certain findings were possibly related te» the Rongelap exposed quite so marked as seen in the ted in wagpot radiation expasure,such as loss in weight of s@Veral pounds in most of the people during the first several monthsafter exposure and suggestive Fidefice of slight lag in growth and dgevelopaient of the children basedon studies of héight, ‘weight, and bone development( but ineonclusive pending ictendency. group. A general anemic ed aft u reatosed, the Marshallese.ae aye ge, showe : 5Hight aveta Price-_ fanes curves, leyéts were geniron Serum microcvuc tendency. the blodd eleerally normal. The fact that some of yet,returned not have ments in the exposed group verification of more eXact agesof some of the posto the levels in the unexposed group raises the children). “gee In connection with.growth and development studies, sibility that a residual radiation eff apmarrow persists, but other, not immediately involved. be may parent. factors same Reticulocyte counts have been about the a project on the verification of accuracyofages of Bone marrow exaimgnations on a number of exposed individarals-ap6 months and 3 years post children must await confirmation.%€ was Hoted, the children has not been completed and,.therefore, the suggestive evidence previously presented of possible lag in statural growthia1the-exposed in the exposed and unexposed people. however, that in the 6-vear chronolog exposure showed no"abnormifities orr defisiencies * of cellular elements: ** as Clinical examinations revea 4, we ne group, three boys and one, girlgut o two girls in.she 3 $ 2° dg age ihe sgantly:Wwiatded ske it | inaturation asJpaiged by " X-rav examiitation™ | » birtHates of these chil- , esses or symptoms which could be attributed to radiation effects, aside from skin lesions, loss of dren seemed to be fairly well established. It was difficult to evaluate the effects onfertility. However, a reviewof the dirth rate of the exposed group over the past 6 vears seems to indicate no hair, and earlv symptoms. No specific therapy was given. Epidemics of chicken pox and measles oc- curred. The diseases encountered were no more severe or frequent in the irradiated group than in noticeable effect of their exposure onfertility. The the unexposed group. even during the peryod.ok 24 births r@present a rate of 48 per 1000 popula- greatest depression of peripheral bigéd ele * uon, co fared with 37.3 for the Marshall Islands At 3 vears*px pexpipsure the immune response to primary apd-ge ry tetanus antitoxin was (1957). T zubirths over a3-year period for the . comparisqnape ulationre 5 aane rate of 62 per lations. miscarriages gnd stillbirths. posed women, os, .. tested and fodndAge tobe significantly different in the exposed. ta to the unexposed popu- Four pers 2 re ¢ ed population died of Statin disease: (1) a 3 db-¥ ar- 3 man with a hypertensive heart diseaséwhich had been present at the time of exposure,who died 2 years after the accident; (2) a 78-year-old man whodied, 3 years after exposure, of coronary heart disease complicating diabetes; (3) a 36-year-old man who died of acute ne gresieer incidespe-af in the ; f : ascularsurvey of the adults (188 i J is ie “Betw r4hee ietan di ithflere angf@gacxpos s. The peogeedapper have less hyvera on wiiedtthan ivcougl . varicella, + years after exposure, who hadreceived imperate fn the contine the fallout; and (4)a Wear-olc Yan who died of a cancerof théjfygues@i 5 veargaafeer exposure. people, and about the same incidenceas is seen in onlv 69 r, having been on Ailin There was no t the time of” ° Agent relationship between any of these deaths and radiation exposure. Four deaths have occurred in the comparison popula- tion. The four deaths that have occurred in the exposed people since exposure represent a mortality United States. = An arthritis survey (1959) showed no greatdifferences between the exposed and the unexposed American populations. Ophthalmological surveys showed no remarkable differences between the exposed and unexposed groups except possibly a slightly greater number of cases of pterygii, pingueculae, and cornealscars