patterns of social organization,
all
be
realigned
to
their
new
setting.
people were born
after
experienced
in their native
life
the
and cultural values must
1946
Moreover,
relecation,
land.
many of
and have
They are
these
never
therefore
totally unprepared for the problems they will face.
Bnewetak,
‘and atolls,
Bikini,
and Ujelang,
the main resettlement
islands
are considered to be high risk environments.
Radiation fallout resulting from the 46 different bomb tests
in
the late forties and early fifties exists in abundance in
certain areas.
Resettlement will occur
logical levels are considered safe.
in
areas where
radio-
To expand inhabitability,
the Department of Defense is currently scraping off layers of
radioactive
soil,
mixing
crater on Enewekak.
In
it with concrete and storing
the meantime,
it
ina
returnees must avoid the
"hotspots."
Radioactive
Despite warnings
Monitoring
fallout
has
some early
of metabolic
affected certain
retuxynees
processes
in
flora
ate breadfruit
these people
some had increased body burdens of cesium-137.
these and related
recently
found
Although
in urine
fauna.
and pandanus.
revealed
that
As a result of
amounts of plutonium were
samples.
the resettlement is officially scheduled to begin
within the year,
hazards.
instances measurable
and
returning natives are becoming fearful of the
Enewetak
and
Bikini natives
also know of
the pain
and suffering experiences of natives on the neighboring islands
of Rongelap and Utirik.
radiation burns
and
SOE E13
People on
exposure
these islands received
from the bomb
tests
and
as
a