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Mr. Drup Didort beow whe they don't countneat Tt miny
nee toi) ON Of siti stl
Mr. Yatus. Why isthat ¢Mr. pe Youns. J aun informed by the medical authorities at Brook:
haven. that the children under & are too small to be subjected to the
whole body counts.
Mr. Yates. Why?
Mropr Yours. ] dont know whether it is the size of the child or
whether the measurement it-elf might have some eflee: on the child.
bat the whole body count is not given to children wide: 5 vears.
Mir. Yates. T+ there an appheation of some kind of radiatie: ai the
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test itself ?
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Mr. Drsav. No. sir.
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Mr. Yates. Then why don't they give it tothe children ?
Mr.ve Youre. Dr. Wevzen from ].O.E. is here.
Mr. Deat. Thisis Dr. Wevzen from our medical group.
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about Zaonines | think that as a protdetowete po)
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Yer. sir, Uf they have been drinking the coconut much.
CAUSES OF RADIATION EFFRCTS ON BIKINI] ISLAND
Mr. Duxcanx, What accounts forthe rather extreme variations, from
wT which is within vour limatsto 1.180?
Mr. Dean. To am ata Joss to answer that. Mr. Dunean. unless the
possibility that some of them didn’t cat as many coconut. or dvink ae
much coconut milk. There could be some variations of some kind in
their metabolism, T really don't knaw,
Mr. Yates. Tage arvbody know4
Mr. MeCraw. Yes.
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Tr. Yates. have the impression that von told the committee that
M1OTT vou suggested ta the peopse on the island they ought not to eat
the food there. but that you would provide the food from outside
“ources, Tf that is true. why did the count nevertheless go up in 107s?
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wasn't there sé
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