-18- McCraw: Healy: What about copra? This is a political, not a technical, issue. What is the implication of not planting coconuts? Thompson: Sr doesn't look to be a problem in coconuts. But BNL estimates 20sr to be a major cause of exposure in people. Bair: Healy: Surely there must be more data on Sr in other foods. Are the watermelon values for wet or dry weight? McCraw: Healy: Dry weight. There must be a source of Sr-90 that is unknown if the coconut content is low and body burdens are high. Wachholz: McCraw: Healy: We don't know the basis of the BNL extimates. Discussed the BNL draft report. Is LLL getting Pu, Am, Cs, Sr, data from coconuts? (No answer) Healy: McCraw: Bair: What do the coconut 1376, concentrations average? For 12 coconut trees the average ranged from 12-97. Look at Enewetak: 1) The people are there already. 2) When DNA leaves they'll go to the other islands. 3) I£ there are any foodstuffs on the northern islands they'll go get them. McCraw: 4) McCraw: They eat coconut in the fields and take them home. There are two problems; a) The hazard due to ~20 uLCi 137¢s, b) The disruption and publicity of people's lives; is this the greatest hazard? hasn't been The potential hazard of alcohol from coconuts considered.