Removing the thyroids
Photo credit: Brookhaven National Lab photo | Lekoj Anjain, the teenage son of Rongelap mayor John Anjain came to Brookhaven National Lab in 1968 to have his thyroid tested.
On their trips to America, Marshallese patients suffering from radiation-related nodules on their thyroids were treated at times to sightseeing boat rides around Manhattan. Others were invited to swim at the East Setauket home of Dr. Robert Conard, the head of Brookhaven National Laboratory's medical team in the Marshall Islands.
Many of these patients were then sent on to Cleveland, to be...
