4 4 Hs 2g ZnileG dB 906 ¥SDOE ARCHIVES -., oe . . COMMISsIon ——™ RG fst Sb <fooeiens:SECRETARIAT af ey a 3° - ATOMIC ENERG yaratarorn FOR “CHARAN Suances| eee Do Se 20 : SS 7 Ace | dh COMISSIONER BUNTING Ba ee, COMMISSIONER PALFREY = 0 CS OUISST BR TATE a OUCH GENERAL HARACER . "Signed: . verra 0 - . . 4969 John ¥. Vince a . . - COPISSIGRER RAMEY 7 oe ; - Pee ete ee B00 Ss gee u . ; . - . oo. rn mF mem 7 ; eo tt, a - - | . WAR 23" wa, a nn SUBJECT! THYROID DISEASE IN ROSSELAP ISLANDERS — t This tse to advise you thet during che current ennual ecdical survey of the Boazelep pcoople, Dr. Rebert Conard hes tucned up tvo aore individuals with thyroid tesors, two tovya egea 12 end 17, wzhkias a total of five (two uale end three feasle} anong those who vere children et the time of exposure. In addiction, there is ona woman 41 years of aze who was Found to have . wiat ep porre to le a solitary thrroid nodule, . re The Ja:raal of the Amerfean Medical Assocletion hss accepted for| publicas [ toa an ecticlo by De. Conard suzsirfzing 10 yerre of obscrvstions on the Reagelep georle and which tnclidas inforeetion on the three caret of thyroid tumor noted Inst yesr.-.It {fs expected thet this erticle will appesr within the next few weeks. BEST COPY AVAILABLE on sy . . “4 . GM Director Divieloa of Btology and Medicine . ec: Secretariat (2) my tpeny — "huee petntrisf AGMED | Charles L. Duntes, 4.3. : VO NCES SSE TE Cony otal Committee ig being prformed of the above, .a ~ ‘DIR B&M _ 3/22/65 en wee er roster te Tet ~ AGMRD 3/ /65 =EA/GM. “GM er ety 3/ /65 ST ew ep oe — fee: Fs /65 + a cee Zl en eee ee ee ete were en eee