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1988
Age Group of
Deceased |
_.,
Over 60 years
Exposed
Unexbposed
No. (&%)
cousmenaasineNO of (%)
12 (66.7%)
40 to 59 years
4
Under 40 years
2 (11.18%)
Total
23 (P4. 2%)
(22.38)
8
18
(R5.82)
31
Two accidental deaths in the exposed and one accidental
death in the unexposed were omitted.
The death
@f one
exposed
Rongelapese
with
reported
age
107
[years
apparently skewed
the
results
so that
the
“average
age
at death" to appear similar in the two groups.
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Although the exposed group has remained the same |since
1954, the "“unexposed" groups has been subjecté¢d to
losses to follow-up and arbitrary increases.
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In
a
situation
contamination,
the
of
average
continuously
dose
and
range
decrdasing
of
doses
in
the first year (which would be the highest doses)
are
more
important
than
the
30
year
“integral
ose”
calculated by Livermore.
Moreover, doses to infants
and children have been shown to be higher thag
the
calculated dose to the Standard Man (Miltenberger,
Lessard, Steimers and Greenhouse 1980).
It i
not
agreed that DOE calculations were appropriate
for
answering the question of the Rongelap people, of
for
that matter,
of the US Congress.
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According to the June 1983 Bioassay Mission repo
Dr. Lessard to Mr. Robert Ray, the committed effeftive
dose equivalent from plutonium alone for thos
resided on Bikini may be 350 mSv (7 mSv per year).]
Dr.
Lessard added:
"It
should be noted that
sifhilar
results have been obtained
at Rongelap and Uferik
Atolls."
This dose
exceeds all
international]
and
national guidelines and is extremely serious.
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so
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