embers of ths PasK Group, but in a field involving soa many h + specialties and where equally expert opinions differ markedly, it is imperative that the Task Group for follow-up studies be enlarged to include scientists known to take the most conserva- ann at RE . tive approach to radiation protection, such as Drs. E. A. Martell at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Arthur R. Tamplin at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, University of, Minnesota. and Donald P. Geesaman -at the Their presence in the Task Group, or their participation in some other direct way in designing methods to be used for the gathering of information and its evaiudtion is strongly recommended. The 1972 radiological survey (NVO-140) must be regarded as an impressive beginning of long-range radiological assessment and monitoring cf the Enewetak environment with appropriate emphasis placed upon not only the marine and terrestrial environments but upon the radionuclide pathways to man. . As we shall discuss more fully below, more information is needed about the presence of hot particles... The long range effects of Strontium-90 and Cesium-137 and other nuclides in the food web cannot be known without experi, ° ; mental planting. ”“ (DEIS Vol. II, Tab B, p. 29.) These are only examples. And as time goes on, scientific knowledge of the nature and effect of radioactivity is bound to improve and new techniques for remedial measures will be found. These scientific advancements will be lost to the Enewetak people unless the United States government assumes a long-range commitment of the kind we suggest here. And in so doing it is highly probable that important contri- butions to the development of greater understanding of radioactivity woe pePiRs ene . ieee a srgee