c.

Any village construction on Bikini Island should
involve the covering of the site with coral rock
as is the local custom.

d.

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Radioactive scrap metal should be removed from
the islands adjacent to former shot sites.

e.

The population of land crabs should be sharply

reduced because of their high content of 905,
f.

If pandanus trees which produce edible fruit are
planted on Bikini Island, two inches of topsoil

should be removed from the planting sites. The
area of removal from each site should be equal
to the area covered by the crown of mature trees.
Determinations should be made of body burdens o

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and

90sy at the end of the first year of residence on the Atoll
and as appropriate thereafter.

Baseline surveys prior to

‘relocation would be desirable.

Resurveys of environmental

‘radiation. levels on the Bikini Atoll and estimates of radio-

nuclides in food should.be made periodically.

These surveys

will provide a continual check of the radiation status of
thé people and environment and will help form a basis for

decision as to the time of rehabitation of islands outside
of the Bikini-Eneu complex

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