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BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES, INC . Division of Biology and Medicine Atomic Energy Cammission I have been meaning t o write you since my return, but have been awfaj busy. We are trying t o get the mass of data we collected on the Marshallese i n order and at least get enough information t o give you a preliminary report. next week so that we can get some of the statistics on the blood data and growth and developent measurements i n the children i n shape. The latter is a real problem with such andl numbers involved and we probab13 will want t o consult Dr. Miller at the Academy or sae one for advice. Austin Lowery is also coming up Tuesday and Uednesday t o get the eye data together. tests on the eyas will be of questionabla value i n view of difficulties i n getting good cooperation for this test throquh interFreters. studies on the blood are i n progress. and creatinine studies on t h e sera w e broughbbacn. Dr. Stoner here is going t o test the tite r response toa second tetanus inoculation given 10 exposed and 10 controls. studies f o r hemoglobin patterns. we brougnt back and will look for abnormal cells. I hope Hy Hechter froin NRDL will be here Unfortunately, I'm afraid the accommodation Dr. V a n Slyke is doing cholesterol Leo Meyer and I will run electrophoretic Leo also is running bone marrows on is hcving reticulocyte counts done on slides Dr. Dunn of Columbia w i l l continue studies on blood groupings started by the ilnickerbocker Foundation i n Sew York. all X-rays re-read and N.I.H. is doing an evaluation of wrist X - r q s f o r growth and developent i n the children. N.I.H. to interpret the ZKG's taken on all people over 40 years of age. Bill Moloney i s doing the alkaline phosphatase evaluation. Iwill have a medical student with m e this summer who will do basophile counts (kOO0 whole body counts on the Mardiallese taken t o Chicago. biopsies on about 7-8 lesions and 3-4 controls. and W. Lippincott will help m e with these. taggin? studies on the rbc wasa failure. I3d iiall is having H e is also getting someone at Walter Reed i s doing the radiochemical analysis on the urine Dr. C. 3. Miller at Argonne will send methe report soon on the We only took The88 will be run later
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So you can see, Chuck, we have an awful l o t o f work t o be done and it will take dome time before a report can be gotten out if we wait for all of this data. From a preliminary look atthe blood counts, it appears that the lymphocytes and particularly the platelets nay still be a little below control levels, even though the controls (Rongelap UmXpOSed on Ejet and Ebeye) were lower than the 'Majuro* controls. We have so much data t h i s time that we have t o decide on how t o handle it. There was no indication t h a t any of the. diseases o r clinical conditions seen were related to radiation effects. not seem t o be any increased ageing over controls, though admitedly t h i s is difficult to determine. rate and new babies ap::ear normal, 'mow, from lack of vital statistics. Subjectively, there did Births continue at what appears t o be a normal We are at a great disadvantage, as YOU There was no gross evidence of any breakdown o r malignancy in any of t h e residual skin lesions. mentation is evident. If anything, improvement with some repigThere was only one deatln i n the =Dosed h ngel ap group (the 24deaths Were of course not inthe exposed group),cmpared to5 over the 3-year perioci inthe Utirik group. There do not appear t o be any remarktLhLe findings i n the Utirik people. The wnole operation went remarkably smoothly, thanks t o you and your their fine support throughout. We owe areal debt of gratitude t o the IUavy for I am scheauled t o give atslk on the Marshallese at the iiadiation Researcn Society meeting next month. ary finuings of our recent survey and review the whole situation, see you there, Iwill present a few of the prelimin-