It is an irony of history that the U.N. Trust Agreement binds the United States both to ‘protect the health of the inhabitants’ and ‘protect the inhabitants against the loss of their land or resources.’ States. Similarly, exposure through concentration of radiation in the food chain is not well understood, yet this appears to have been a major contnbutor to the alarming rate of problems at Rongelap. Utink and other islands. At Bikini it was the reason for evacuating the people in 1978. and who can guarantee the fu- ture of the Enewetak people? Moreover, in October 1980 the Department of Energy stated thatit is now safe for the Bikinians to return to a certain island in Bikini Atoll. It was claimed that the people will not receive doses abovethe federal radiation standards if they import 50 percent of their food and spend no more than 10 percent of their time on Bikini [sland, approximately six miles away. It is an trony of history that the ‘United Nations Trust Agreement binds the United States both to “protect the health of the inhabitants’ and “‘protect the in- habitants against the loss of their land or resources.’**° With medical examinations and environmental surveys by doctors and scientists independent of the U.S. government, combined with a thorough education program on radiation, at least the diagnosis and treatment of the Marshallese will improve. But unless the independent scienufic community in the United States becomes more involved in the health problems on these islands. it is likely that the inhabitants will serve pnmanlyas a source for U.S. governmentresearch into the effects of radiation on human populations.O 1. Edward Martell to Theodore Mitchell (Micronesian Legal Service Corporation) Dec. 9. 1974 2. Defense Nuclear Agency. ‘*'Fact Sheet—Enewetak Operation” (Washington. D.C.. ona, Apni 1980). 3. KHON TY-2. interview with Paul Udell, Honolulu. March 1980. 4. Floyd Takeuchi. Pacific and Asian Affairs Seminar. Honolulu. June 18, 1980. §. ““Enewetak Islanders Plan Return.” Now available a Honolulu Star Bulletin, Sept. 26, 1979. 6. ‘Problems Unresolved on Enewetak Atoll.”” Honolulu Star Bulletin, March 26, 1980. 7. Rosalie Bertell to U.S. Congressman Sidney Yates, June 6, 1980. 8. Glenn H. Alcalay to Congressman Sid- DIRECT FROM THE BULLETIN The Papers of the Wortdwatch Institute The institute is an independent, non-profit research organization ney Yates. June 24, 1980. Created to analyze and to focus attention on world probiems. PSAD 79-54 (May 8, 1979). 4 Nuclear Power: The Fitth Horseman by Denis Hayes. Details 9. General Accounung Office, “Ene wetak Atol}~Cleaning Up Nuclear Contamination, ”' t@. Atomic Energy Commission. *‘Report the issues to be faced if we increase of Ad Hoc Committee to Evaluate the ' Our use of nuclear power: environ- Radiologcal Hazards of Resettlement of Bi- mental impact, availability of urareum, kins Atoll” (1969). economics, safety, proliferation and Il. Ralph Waltz to Giff Johnson, Majuro, Marshall Islands, June 1979. terrorism. 64 pages. 12. Robert A. Conard. ““The Radiological: Status of the Bikini People: A Summary Repor’ (Upton. N.Y.: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Sept. 20. 1978). > 2 Energy: The case for Con- :- servation by Denis Hayes. Reports that more than haif the energy the U.S. consumes is wasted. Conservation in 13. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, certain areas could meet our energy “Dose Assessment at Bikini Atoll.” ucre$1879 tJune 8. 1977) pt. 5 ~Bikint Islanders Want to Stay There.’ Washington Post, Apnl 3, 1980. needs for fhe next 25 years. 77 pages. 3 Repairs Reuse Recycling—First Steps Toward a Sustainable So- People's vs. the Program's Altitudes" (Jan. |, ciety by Denis Hayes. tn light of polite cal, energy and environmental conStraints on our future use of virgin materials, recycling must became a central organizing principle in indus- ronesia Support Committee. 1212 University Ave., Honolulu, HI 96826. 16. Conard, “Radiological Status.’ 4 Inflation: The Rising Cost of Living on a Smail Planet by Robert 14. Conard, ‘Radiological Starus."" 15. Konrad P. Kotrady. ‘The Brookhaven Medical Program to Detect Radiation Effects in Marshallese People: A Companson of the trial societies. 48 pages. 1977), unpublished but available from Mic- Fuller. The author views inflation as a symptom of a growing imbalance between soaring human demands and the physical resources to satisfy them. He suggests steps governmentandindividuals can take to deal with the sources of rising prices. 48 pages. 17, John Anjain. Magistrate of Rongelap Atoll 1950-65 to Giff Johnson, Ebeye. Marshall Isiands, July 1979. 18. Lewis Strauss, taped press conference. 1954 (Washington. D.C.: National Archives, 1954). 19. Robert A. Conard and others. ‘‘Sum- mary of Thyroid Findings in Marshallese 22 § Food or Fuel: New Competition for the Worid’s Cropland byLester Brown. Discusses the technology and economics of agricuiturally based alcohol fuel. Initiatives to increase its Years after Exposure to Radioactive Faillout,” No. 21924 (Upton. N.Y. Brookhaven National Laboratory. 1976). 20. Kotrady.’Brookhaven Medical Program. Production and use may dnve prices Upward so that the price of oil may 21. Philadelphia Inquirer. ““Who Knows How Long They'll Take To Show.”” April 20. 1979. 22. Conard and others. “A Twenty Year Review of Medical Findings in a Marshallese Population Accidentally Exposed to Radiwoactive Fallout” (Upton, N.Y.: Brookhaven National Laboratory. 1975). 23. U.S. Department of Energy. **Northem Marshal] Islands Aerial Radiation Survey, September to November 1978." 24. Micronesian Independent. “The 25,000 Year Question.” June 6, 1980. 25. Kotrady. “Brookhaven Medical Prom. 26. United Nations, ““Trusteeship Agreement for the Trust Terntory of the Pacific islands (New York: U.N. Trusteeship Council, 1947}. December 1980 soon determine the price of food. 43 pages. . Each paper—$2.00 postage paid. Outside U.S. and Canada — $4.00 each. | Please write for multiple copy prices for any onetitle and for completelist of 32 available titles. . 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