May 8, 198]
HEALTH EFFECTS ESTIMATES USING LLL REVISED DOSE DATA
Living Imported
Coconuts
Maximum
tondition
Food
from Northern Individual
Islands
inewetak,
Yes
No
fedran
No
No
sijire or
Aomon
injebi
Japtan *%,
Yes
Yes
Average
Whole Body
Dose (mrem) Dose (mrem)
15.3
Birth
Defects**
Average
Bone Marrow
(% Increase) Dose (mrem)
Cancer***
(% Increase)
100
0.02
120
0.048
200
560
0.04
0.112
260
630
0.104
0.252
162.0
174.0
303.0
327.0
1100
1200
1900
2100
0.22
0.24
0.38
0.42
1200
1200
2100
2300
0.48
0.48
0.84
0.92
873.0
792.0
1662.0
1515.0
258.0
450.0
5700
5200
10,000
9200
1900
2200
1.14
1.04
2.0
1.84
0.38
0.44
6100
5600
11,000
10,000
2600
3700
2.44
2.24
4.4
4.0
1.04
1.48
No
Yes
48.0
33.0
87.0
320
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No*
No*
0.064
340
—
0.136
* No coconuts from Enjebi either.
** Based on BEIR I value of 0.2% increase per rem for birth defects (1% at equilibrium).
*** Based on BEIR I value of 0.4% increase per rem for cancer.