Rm Reeeved wP- 3/77 il corrections mack, VY 4/14/06 WHOLE BODY COUNTING RESULTS FROM 1974 TO 1979 FOR BIKINI ISLAND RESIDENTS R. P. Miltenberger, N. A. Greenhouse, E. T. Lessard Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973 ABSTRACT Three body burden measurements of the Bikini Island population were conducted from 1974 to 1978 at Bikini Island. the mean 137 Cs During this time, body burden of the adult Bikini population increased by a factor of 20. This dramatic elevation of the body burden ap- pears to be solely attributable to increased availability of locally grown food products, specifically coconuts and coconut plant prod- ucts. In January 1979, forty-five percent of the individuals that were whole body counted in April 1978 were recounted approximately one hundred and forty-five days after the Bikini Island population departed from Bikini Atoll. population mean 137 These results show that the adult Cs body burden decreased by a factor of 2.9 be- tween the April 1978 and January 1979 in vivo measurements. p