Others at the meeting questioned whether the study was large enough to draw conclusions. Researchers said that information would be considered in the scientific review. However, plans for the study were reviewed by the National Academy of Sciences before it was started, with no major concerns about size and procedures remaining, they said. The study looked at estimated doses and the thyroid health of 3,441 people exposed as children to radioactive iodine from Hanford in the 1940s and 1950s. He said he believed those criticisms were based on flawed logic.
Public comment continues to be accepted on the study.
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