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What is the “unexposed group;” how many people?
Some 200 unexposed people now living on Rongelap, including 75
childres, are examined as part of the annual madicel surveys fer
couparisos purposes.
20.
How aany children were fin the heavily exposed greup?
There were twenty-five betwean 1 and 10 years ef age at the tinue
ef the incident.
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What was the estimated dose to the thyroid glands ef the children?
Their thyroids received deses possibly between 200 to 1400 rea:
largely from radicicdine.
What kind of shape are these people in now; and what ether delayed
effects, beaides the nodules, have bean ebserved?
The general health and death rate ef the exposed populistion en
Rongelap have been about the same as for the soaperison group.
Other possible residual radiation effects noted in Ghe#:
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Rongelapese were:
slight retardation ef statural growth and bone _
maturation in two boys exposed at less than 5 yasre of age; possibly
ea higher incidence of miscarriages in exposed women during the firet
four years; slower recovery of some of the periphers! biood elements,
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end non-malignent chenges in Some of the areas of previous tenRTARCELIVES
tion burns of the skin.
Ko definite radistion effects on bivte rate,
aging, er leukeaia hava been noted.
The numbers of people here sre
far too saall for statistical analysis except in the thyroid aodule
case,
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