It is an Irony of history that the U.N. Trust Agreement binds
the United States both to ‘protect the health of the inhabitants’ and ‘protect
the inhabitants against the loss of their and or resources.’
States. Similarly, exposure through
concentration of radiation in the
food chain 1s not well understood,
yet this appears to have been a major
contnbutor to the alarming rate of
problems at Rongelap, Utink and
other islands. At Bikini it was the
reason for evacuating the people in
1978, and who can guarantee the future of the Enewetak people?
Moreover, in October 1980 the
Department of Energystated thatit is
now safe for the Bikinians to return
to a certain island in Bikini Atoll. It
was claimed that the people will not
receive doses above the federal radiation standards if they import 50 percent of their food and spend no more
than 10 percent of their time on
Bikini {siand, approximatelysix miles
away.
It is an trony of history that the
United Nations Trust Agreement
binds the United States both to
“protect the health of the inhabitants’’ and “‘protect the in-
habitants against the loss of their
land or resources.'’7¢
With medical examinations and
environmental surveys by doctors
and scientists independent of the
U.S. government, combined with a
thorough education program on
radiation, at least the diagnosis and
treatment of the Marshallese will
improve. But unless the independent
scientific community in the United
States becomes more involved in the
health problems on these islands. it
is likely that the inhabitants will
serve pmmarily as a source for U.S.
government research into the effects
of radiation on human populations.O
1. Edward Martell to Theodore Mitchell
(Micronesian Legal Service Corporation)
Dec. 9. 1974
2. Defense Nuclear Agency. ‘’Fact
Sheet—Enewetak Operation’ (Washington.
D.C.. psa, Apml 1980).
3. KHON TV-2. interview with Paul Udell.
Honolulu, March 1980.
4. Floyd Takeuchi. Pacific and Asian Af-
fairs Seminar. Honolulu, June 18, 1980.
5. *‘Enewetak Isianders Plan Return,”
Honolulu Star Bulletin. Sept. 26, 1979.
6. “Problems Unresolved on Enewetak
Atoll.”” Honoiulu Star Bulletin, March 26,
1980.
7. Rosalie Bereil to U.S. Congressman
Sidney Yates, June 6, (980.
8. Glenn H. Alcalay to Congressman Sidney Yates. June 24, 1980
9. General Accounung Office, “Enewetak
Atoll—Cleaning Up Nuclear Contaminauon,.*
PSAD 79-54 (May 8. 1979).
10. Atomic Energy Commission. ‘Report
of Ad Hoc Committee to Evaluate the
Radiological Hazards of Resettlement of Bikins Atoll”” (1969).
11. Ralph Waltz to Giff Johnson. Majuro.
Marshall Islands. June 1979.
12. Robert A. Conard, “The Radiological
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the issues to be faced if we increase
our use of nuclear power: environmental impact, availability of uranium,
economics, safety, proliferation and
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2 Energy: The case for Conservation by Denis Hayes. Reports
that more than haif the energy the U.S.
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“Dose Assessment at Bikini Atoll.” ucre-
needs for the next 25 years. 77 pages.
Status of the Bikini People: A Summary Re-
por” (Upton. N.Y.: Brookhaven National
13. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory,
51879 (June 8. 1977) pt. & “Bikini Islanders
Want to Stay There.” Washingtan Post. Apni
3, 1980.
14. Conard. “Radiological Status."°
1§. Konrad P. Kotrady, “The Brookhaven
Medical Program to Detect Radiation Effects
in Marshallese People. A Companson of the
People’s vs. the Program's Attitudes” (Jan. 1.
1977), unpublished but available from Micronesia Support Committee, 1212 University
Ave.,
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17.
Atoll
Honolulu. HI 96826.
Conard. “Radiological Status.”
John Anjan. Magistrate of Rongelap
1950-65 to Giff Johnson. Ebeye. Mar-
shall Islands. July 1979.
18. Lewis Strauss, taped press conference.
1954 (Washington. D.C.. National Archives,
(954).
19. Robert A. Conard and others. '‘Summary of Thyrosd Findings in Marshallese 22
Years after Exposure to Radioactive Fallout,” No. 21924 (Upton. N.Y. Brookhaven
Nationa! Laboratory. 1976).
20. Kotrady.”’’ Brookhaven Medical Program.”"
21. Philadelphia Inquirer, ““Who Knows
HowLong They'll Take To Show.” April 20.
1979.
22. Conard and others, “°A Twenty Year
Reviewof Medical Findings in a Marshallese
Population Accidentally Exposed to Radivactive Fallout’ (Upton, N.Y.: Brookhaven Nationai Laboratory. (975).
23. U.S. Deparrment of Energy. **Northem Marshal} Islands Aenal Radiation Survey.
September to November 1978."
24. Micronesian Independent. “The 25,000
Year Question.” Sune 6. 1980.
25. Kotrady. “Brookhaven Medical Pro-
gram.”
26. United Nations. ‘Trusteeship Agree-
ment for the Trust Terntory of the Pacific Islands (New York: U.N Trusteeship Council.
1947).
December 1980
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