body.
We have a check on that, in what’s called whole body counting.
are aware of that effort.
is validated by that.
You
And you find that in most cases the diet model
That in fact the prediction as to what this diet,
what result this diet might have in introducing radioactive material in the
body is verified by the whole body counting, so there is a check on this.
And none of that is a medical procedure, that’s a scientific study.
Marshallese:
I don’t have any further questions at this time.
I
appreciate the answers I have heard and I just thought I would give my
personal greetings to our translator.
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Before we take another question I wonder if it might not be a good
idea to take a break.
TAPE 5, SIDE 2
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Next question.
I have a question.
Cowan:
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Suzanne.
Cowan:
Yeh.
I think the fact that this report doesn’t address the period
prior to 1978, particularly when you mentioned that some amount of
radiation stays in the body, concerns everybody and the thing that concerns
me is that you made projections of the harm that will happen to people
based upon the conditions that were found in 1978.
forward.
And how do you take into consideration
already consumed prior to 1978?
Back then and looking
the amount that people
In particular, because the half-live of
two of the most common radionuclides
and strontium.
24
is around 30 years.
I speak of cesium