It is alSo the sense of the Committee that because of the uniqueness of the experiences of the affected Marshallese, there has been a tendency, perhaps more unconscious than conscious, but nevertheless a tendency to let scientific curiosity at times override immediate action, To be fair,the Committee would also like to note that such tests and studies have not always included the Rongelapese. In the past examinations, American servicemen and members of the teams themselves have had their blood and urine tested for comparison purposes. Even Dr. Conard himself has allowed himself to be used as a "guinea pig" as disclosed by this excerpt from the eleven- and twelve-year report (p. 159): "Since facilities for a metabolic balance study were not available on Rongelap Island, one of us (R.A.C.) brought several native food items (pandanus fruit and coconut meat and milk) back to Brookhaven and consumed them under controlled conditions, Urinary and fecal specimens were collected and whole body counting measurements were made over a period of 180 days, The intake of strontium-90 over a seven-day period was twenty times higher than normal and that of cesium-137, sixty times higher than normal." In conclusion, the Committee offers the suggestion that by the very nature of their experience and conditions and by the very nature of the unique set of circumstances surrounding the daily lives of the two groups, the people of Rongelap and Utirik are "guinea pigs" in the sense that no other group of people in the world have been exposed to the same amounts and differing kinds of radioactivity, and no other group of people in the world have been exposed to the same amounts and differing kinds of radioactivity, and no other group in the world has been so carefully studied for the results of such effects. Again, whether these people are being used as guinea pigs in an extended study of the effects of fallout upon human beings and their treatment is only of secondary importance; or whether they are, by virtue of their experience a group of people who are being examined and studied for the best of humanitarian aims is a decision the Committee will again leave up to the reader, — 5010820 In closing, the