recommend “that People try to take care that the amount of radiation that entera their bodies should be ag small as possible. This meana that people stwuld atay away from areas where the acount of radiation is know toa be high and should not aat foods grow in auah areas, Many governments have approved these recommendations. Therefore, the U.3. government has established an amount of radiation for the Ameriesan people that they should not exoaed. ‘This amount is the same as the amount that organizations above have recommended. They call this amount that and they have established a "radiation standard," the standard is expressed in "millirem,® the U.3. government has established that a person should not receive more than $500 millirem in one year. Also thay established that the average amount ef radiation a man or a woman who lives in the United Statea may receive over a 30-year period should nat be more than $000 millirem. The U.S. government tries to ensure as much as possible that the amount of radiation its citizens receive in averyday living or working is lower than the figures above. The measurements of the jndicated year than radiation that this sbout some of the Bikini standard. twice Bikini as A people made peopla few of large as the the by the selentists in 1978 were receiving more radiation gach people standard. were receiving Because this amounta of amount of radiation was received for a short time, the harm expected will be vary small. However, the U.S. government believed tnat it was in the best interest of tha Bikini people to move them so that the poasible harm that could result fron additional amounts of radiation will not oceur. 6 =10« 13"