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Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Congress of the United States
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Knowing of the interest of the Joint Comnittee in the status of the
Marshallese who were exposed to fellout from the March 1, 1954 test
at Bikini, we wish to transmit the latest information provided by
Dr. Robert Conard, Medical Depertment, Brookhaven National Laboratory,
who has just returned from his annual medical survey of these people
during March. His findings ere tabulated as follows:
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Young Rongelapese exposed to fallout March 1], 1954, when
they were 1 to 8 years of age.
(Estimated dose:
175 reds
external gamma plus 600 to 1400 rem internal irradiation.)
Totel - 19
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Currently normal by clinical and biochemical tests.
2.
Currently hypothyroid with minimal nodularity.
Responding satisfactorily to oral thyroid hormone
therapy.
3.
2 (11%)
3 (162)
Have undergone surgery in the U. S, prior to 1969
because of nodular thyroid disease; histologic
diagnosis of adenometous goiter and Huerthle cell
tumor, Responding setisfectorfily to oral thyroid
hormone therapy with one exception: This patient
shows some enlargement of the remnant of thyroid
‘left from e partial thyroidectomy in 1964; as she
hes not followed her post-operative thyroid hormone
regimen, there is question as to whether she should
have further surgery.
4.
Young people operated on for thyroid disease during
August 1969 and recovered, Diagnoses;
Primery
benign adenomatous goiter in two and papillary
adenoma of serious grade malignancy in one.
11 (58%)
3 (16%)
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