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members of the Task Group, but in a field involving so manv
specialties and where equally expert opinions differ markedly,
i+ is imperative that the Task Group for follow-up studies be
enlarged to include scientists known to take the most conservative approach to radiation protection, such as Drs. E. A. Martell
at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Archur R. Tamplin
at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, and Donald P. GeeSaman zt the
University of Minnesota.
Their presence in the Task Group, or
their participation in some other direct way in designing methods
to be used for the gathering of information and its evaluation
is strongly recommended.
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The 1972 radiological survey (NVO-140)
must be regarded as
an impressive beginning of long-range radiological assessment and
monitoring of the Enewetak environment with appropriate emphasis
placed upon not only the marine and terrestrial environments but
upon the radionuclide pathways to man.
As we shall discuss more
fully below, more information is needed about the presence of hot
perticles.
The long range effects of Strontivm-90 and Cesium-137
and other nuclides in the food web cannot be known without experimental planting. ~(DEIS Vol. II, Tab B, p.
examples.
29.)
These are only
And as time goes on, scientific knowledge of the nature
and effect cf radioactivity is bound to improve and new techniques
for remedial measures will be found.
These scientific advancements
will be lost to the Enewetak people unless the United States
government assumes a long-range commitment of the kind we suggest
here.
Anc in so doing it is highly probable that important contri-
butions to the development of greater understanding of radioactivity