Post-detonation medical testing on Marshall Island natives
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- Photograph
- April 8, 1957
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HXPO40808
FROM CHICAGO BUREAU
LEMONT, ILL.: Attired in special clothing, Billiet (seated), one of the Marshall Island natives who were affected by radioactive dust and ash which fell after the hydrogen detonation in 1954, is ready to undergo tests to determine the amount of radiation remaining in his body. The tests are conducted by the Argonne National Laboratory here. In the group are (left to right): Dr. Robert A. Leonard of the AEC's Brookhaven Laboratory, in charge of the group; Dr. Charles E. Miller, Argonne Laboratory, conducting the tests; Alex, John, Tina, Iroje, William ("control man" who was not exposed to radiation), and Leban.
UNITED PRESS PHOTO
4/8/57