FALLIIAE/TI. PEUPfF2E Cs 22 years after Bikini nuclear blast Islanders getting radiation care BOMB, from Al said George M. Alen. “They feel that they've been the Guinea pigs too long already.” Someprofessionals within the Atomic Energy Administration say that the MarSi.ciese are being used primarily as guinea pigs. “The basic thrust of what the United States has done for the radiation victims has been research for our information rather than their welfare,” one ad- ministration official said. dera te 4 oe For example, when an energy administration doctor, in off the face of the earth,” according to a U.S. official, and the island chain is still “very hot.” $270,000. She said they spent Eniwetok’s former resithe money on sending her dents have asked to return to children to schools as far their island, and the Defense away as Hawaii. and “in res- Department, which administaurants.” A Peace Corps vol- ters the island, nas asked for unteer who lives on Rongelap funds to clear the debris and now said “None of the people begin “rehabilitation.” have any moneyleft.” So iar, however, Congress Although America’s big- has failed to appropriate the gest atomic test was conduct- requested money, according toa US.official bere. ed in Bikini, many more tests Painted statBETS ‘were conducied unul the 1958 Mrs. Boas says that, since she had five children on the island at the time, she and her husband received a total of atomic test ban treaty on Eni- wetok Atoll, about 300 miles ; the course of his check-ups, northwest of here. That atoll discovered widespread cases was purchased from its resiof diabetes, apparently unre- dents who were resettled on lated to the bomb blast, he Ujalang Atoll about 150 miles was toid that the Energy Re- away. search and Development AdOne of the Eniwetok isministration's $450,000 annual lands was “completely blown Marshall Islands budget could not be used for treating this disease, Those, like Mrs. Boas, who were exposed to radiation from the Bikini blast, re. ceived $10,000 as compensation from the U.S. The former residents of Bikini recently were granted $1 million in compensation for their hard- | ships. ae ae wry si: Nomen te