-4eTable 3 compares the total bone marrow dose (the critical organ for
somstie radiation effects) for people living at Bikini, Rongelap, Utirik,
Long Isiand, New York and Denver, Colorado.
Since the people Living at
Denver have a considerably higher natural radiation and medical, dencal
. concriburion, the exposure to the people living there is probably higher
chan people living on Bikini.
The estimated dose to people on Lang Island
is somewnat less chan Bikini doses, also it might be noted that many
thousands of people living in areas of South America and India are exposed
to higher levels chan indicated for Bikini due to high thorium content of
sy
the soil.
There have been no reports of increased cancer or other illness
in Denver or these other high level populations that might be related to
cheir increased radiation exposure.”
More recent data from radiological surveys last June at Bikini showing
nigner than expected radiation levels in the interior of Bikini and higher
levels in pandanus aad breadfruit have resulted in some further restrictions
on the future living patterns of the Bikini people.
At the time of the Ad
Hoc Committee meeting it was not known about plana for building houses in
the interior of Bikini Island.
Recommendations to put the first village
and Zood crops on Eneu were not followed, nor was the recommendations to
remove topsoil from planting sites of pandanus and breadfruit on Bikini
foliowed.
‘The recormendation for the addition of powdered milk co the diac
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= che people is being implemented.
The restriction regarding consumption
pandanus and breadiruit may eventually be removed following inves-sigarion
on growth of these plants at Enivetak,
vacer samples from Bikini.
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