They were down at Majuro, 400 miles to the south,
UPTON:
The fish then continued to te more active
in the Rongelap area over the passage of years,
Right.
UPTON:
CONARD:
Yes,
And the fish were still quite active with
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UPTON:
These are marine fish?
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DONALDSON:
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CONARD:
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That was a three-year period up
until their return,
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CONARD:
lagoon,
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Yes,
There's no fresh®water,
The lagoon is a marine lagoon.
Yes,
It's salt water,
These are fish that stay in the
They were not going in and out of the ocean,
DONALDSON:
Both.
Both populations exist there,
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The residual fish that Live in the lagoon are there but there's
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also tuna fish that are used,
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FREMONT-SMITH:
marily responsible for the increased body burden, do you know?
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Which were the ones that were pri-
CONARD:
I really don't.
They ate all kinds of
fish.
FREMONT-SMITH:
I mean do you presume that the ocean
fish in that area still carried the heavy?
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CONARD:
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DONALDSON:
Lauren, it was maybe lagoon fish, wasn't it?
The ocean fish are essentially carnivores
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and the lagoon fish are herbivores and you immediately fraction-
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ate on this basis alone, that is, the food chain is different.
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FREMONT-SMITH:
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DONALDSON:
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as if you dilute it,
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And as you go up the thing looks again
FREMONT-SMITH:
responsible obviously.
Yes,
So it was the herbsivore that was
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