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Page 24, psYagraph2,
l!rtadf~it
and pandanus daily intakes
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the NVO-140 dose ●stimates
foradultmles
total 15.S grans uhertas
Intakes of these item at Rongelap cnd
UtsrLk total d87 g ●ccording to Table 2S. Dose froa these two items iS the
~fma~
reason thxt the Entwetak pople
are guhled against any residence
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(See AEC Task Group Repcmt Tables 1-4, ) If ths reduced
bjebi
in the EIS.
intakes had been assmed in 1974, the people could have moved back to Enjcbi
l%is factor
clearly
dtnonstratts
the importance
perhaps without ~ny cleanup.
of diet as ststtd on page 49, paragraph
2. Moreover, it highli~hts
the
Recommend the lcpct
of breadfruit
and
tmcert8inty
in all estiutes.
pandtnus intakes on dose estimates
be highlighted
in the study so that
tht shaky foundation
on which
people who utilize
the study will understand
~e-tstimates
sre based.

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for Enewetak people is crgued
23. Page iS, paragraph
2. Coconut consumption
l%e FC DM-J16?J “Coconut Study” of 20 Nov 78 shorn
to be 0.S nuts per dsy.
that for a population
uf 700, and trees pzoducing 100 nuts per year, the
snmber of trees required
for t subsistence
of 0.S nuts/day
is 1,277.
In
other words, the entire Atoll subsistence
requirtmnts
could be net by
planting trees on the single isltnd
of Vera tnd asy trees on other islands
cwld
strve for income (if the world market will purchase Enexetak coconut),
20,00D trees
over subsistence
requirements
3?m “coconut study” would indicate
till
provide $100,000 intone,
Thus, coconut tmc planting
could be reduced
by about one-half
fros that mntioned
in the EIS and the people KiIl meet
their
subsistence
requirements as uell as receive more inco~e than originally
anticipated.
Xf
Clesrly,
the “coconut tree planting problem” has gone 8-Y.
you believe
the IOK dose estiuates
of this study, then you believe there is
w need to plant excessive
trees,
or if you bel~tye rmre trees me needed,
thcnyou
$0 not believe the dose ●stimates.
lb, page 27, paragraph
2b and 3b. Living patte~s
24.
Page 26, ptragraph
are clatied
to account for tiae on and coconuts
frca isltnds
Kate through
Wilma; however, no datt is shorn for Pearl and Runit in Tsbles 2, 3, 4, 6.
Raco~end
expl=ation
ef method for accounting for contributions
from these
two islands.
Also, explain method for treating
a group of islands,
e.g,
of coconut hamest,
tqual weights} etc*wlg)ited
by area, weighted by” fraction

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Commission
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CICRP} 23 gives several
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