Department of Defense.
98 and 125 r.
Typical readings were approximately 10, 40, 75,
The Rongelap group absorbed the 125 r and exhibited the
mogt symptoms of radiation effects.
At Rongelap, approximately six hours after BRAVO a visible fall-out
of white to yellowish-white ashes started, which was likened to snow
seen by one individual on a trip to Japan.
clothing, water cisterns and the ground.
This ash was visible on
Later on, the particles became
sandy, but most of the people were unconcerned.
water were freely consumed,
Contaminated food and
Approximately fourteen hours after the
BRAVO detonation, some individuals at Rongelap complained of a slight
loss
of appetite, mild diarrhea and slight malaise.
Some vomited.
These symptoms apparently lasted no more than forty-eight hours, when .
the people were removed by a United States Navy destroyer,
From that
time they were free of symptoms other than skin disorders.
The children
must have received the heaviest dosages while playing
on the ground,
but they ®,..remained bright-eyed, alert and as mi schtevous as any other
children."
Skin itching on exposed areas of skin followed the fall-out
in about twenty-four hours, but was not severe enough to cause traumatic
injury from scratching.
Itching was still noticeable on the seventeenth
day after the shot, but to a far milder extent.
About three days following the exposure, there was evidence of der-
matitis encircling the base of the neck, similar to heat rash.
There
were smal] macular-papular spots that were discreet and highly pigmented,
These lesions continued to appear on new individuals for a period of
about three or four weeks.
They also spread to the chest, scalp, axilla,
anticubital fossa, knees and feet.
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All lesions, except the feet, were
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