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. By Lonnie Rosenwald prear Reservation and other nucleBr activities are a “major source of health concern” among Eastern Washington residents, according to :Dne-fifth of those questioned in the poll said nuclear matters re resent the single greatest risk to g e m ,apd their families. Nearly half The poll was conducted by Mark e t Trends Research of Bellevue aid Hall and Associates of Seattle for the state Nuclear Waste Board. The firms interviewed 600 residents of S kane, Benton, Franklm, Walla Wafa and qakima counties by telephone in late August and Fear about Hanford “tends to be kntered in the counties of Walla 3alla and Spokane, with women ?oung tolf a panel of nuclear and 0veralr49 percent of the poll respondents disagreed and 47 percent agreed with the statement: .‘‘Nuclear operations at Hanford ‘-Pate a significant health risk for residents agreed while 40 percent d q reed. Seventeen percent of ps if ents of Benton County, where .Hanford is located, agreed, while Ten percent of people cited either Hanford or nuclear waste as a It ranked second, behind air lution, among people when Ktwere asked to name the single greatest health risk. overall nuclear risks high or very hi h, compared to 27 percent who cals and cigarette smoke were higher risks than nuclear operations, but water and auto pollution about leaks, accidents and the pcmsibllity of opening a nuclear waste caf led them low or very low. a%Feople said they were worried ticides were lower rieks. ;Convicts used to test ’ State Penitentiary inmates in the ’ 196as were used to test the effects of . alcohol on human organs as well as * to measure the effects of radiation, , a former warden said Wednesday. . Bobb Rhay, warden from 1957 to 11977 w t o earlier this week dis- ‘ cussed radiation experiments, says . effect on tbe liver and kidneys. “They had a quota of alcohol to 3 drink each d a y and then biopsies : would be taken at regular intervals ‘ to show the results,” Rhay said. Rhay said the alcohol ex eriment s were conducted arthe :prison, where inmates were given :dent, the idea was that when a person was convicted and sent to prison, helost his civil rights.” the state Department of Correction’s Division of Prisons, said ’ prison medical experiments were tional facilities during the 1 W . available for this type of experimentation articular ly with Documents released by the U.S. Department of Energy earlier this week revealed the use of Washington and Oregon inmates for studies The documents were released a t the request of centers for Disease Control scientists who have convened a special study panel at Richland on the health effectsof 40years of operations at Hanford. The inmates were given doses of radiation to their testicles and agtomies later in order to prevent conception of damaged children. ’ He said some inmates,changd their minds and did not undergo vasectomies. Kautzky said experiments resulting in a “negative physical or mental impact” have not been conducted on prisoners a t the penitentiary since 1981. erally viewera s expendable or