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MEMORANDUM FOR CHAIRMAN SEABORG
COMMISSIONER GRAHAM
COMMISSIONER HAWORTH
COMMISSIONER OLSON
COMMISSIONER WILSON
THROUGH GENERAL MANAGER
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY AND REPORT ENTITLED "MEDICAL SURVEY OF RONGELAP
PEOPLE FIVE AND SIX YEARS AFTER EXPOSURE TO FALLOUT"
Forwarded as a matter of interest are copies of a summary and
report entitled "Medical Survey of Rongelap People Five and Six
Years after Exposure to Fallout." The report was prepared at
the Brookhaven National Laboratory based on data obtained by
Dr. Robert Conard and associates.
The summary was prepared by
Dr. William E. Lotz of this Division.
The factual make-up of
this material is considered non-controversial.
in brief, the Marshallese are not showing clinical signs and
symptoms or abnormalities clearly attributable to their 1954
expgsure s They coptinue to show, however, Low body burdens of
Sr7™, Cst37 and Zn ?, all of which we believe to originate from
the contamination in their current food supplies; the Zn 2 ig
believed to come from the seafood caught locally.
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