DISCLAIMER

The following is a staff memorandum or other working document 
prepared for the members of the Advisory Committee on Human
Radiation Experiments.  It should not be construed as representing
the final conclusions of fact or interpretation of the issues. 
All staff memoranda are subject to revision based on further 
information and analysis.  For conclusions and recommendations of
the Advisory Committee, readers are advised to consult the Final
Report to be published in 1995.






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MEMORANDUM

TO:       Members of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation 
          Experiments

FROM:     Jeffrey Kahn

DATE:     March 9, 1995

RE:       Polar Research Board material on Alaskan Native I-131 
          testing



     Enclosed are materials provided to us by the Polar Research Board 
relating to their evaluation of Air Force health testing in Alaska 
using Iodine-131.  Included are:

(1)  the announcement of the formation of the Committee for Evaluation 
of 1950s Air Force Human Health Testing in Alaska using Radioisotope 
Iodine-131;

(2)  the agenda for the Evaluation Committee's first meeting, July 
1994; and 

(3)  the Report of the Working Party Conference for the ISP/HA Study 
of Circumpolar Populations.

     We recommend that you read this material in preparation for the 
presentation by Chester Pierce, M.D., Chair of the Polar Research 
Board's Evaluation Committee, who will be speaking to the Committee on 
Thursday, March 16, at 3:15 p.m.