‘.¢ Some years ago, the & people had adult-onset + 4 coctors dascoverea tnau B ieewse we Chesetes, and said that 25% of eer ate oe ‘1e people had the diseases HY a) Why haven't the ERUA co etors given medicine to tne teople who have the b) Diabinase) ? (reddit cire: Trust Terrdtory Cov'te (in Majuro) for the z Dro Konrad Kotrady had sked ond they refused to give hin any for the the medicine (Diab disease in Utirik ierefore, the people with this Cisease have now ow people of UtirikI. been oroverly tr Tne medical team has be en other Marshallese people. studying diabetes i people and Though a study of this dis as2 vas not considered a responsibility of the medi cal team since the disease is not related to radiation exposure, it was c onsidered important to help the Trust Territory with this disease which is such a serious problem in the Marshall Islands. With regard to the use of Diabenase in the treatment of this disease Dr. James Field, an expert on diabetes from the University of Pittsburgh who had been studying diabetes in the Marshall Islancs with the medical tean, states that "there would be inherent risks in the use of the drug Diabenase in treating diabetes on Utirik or other outer islends in the Marshalls since long term medical supervision and laboratory tests are necessary to insure its safe and effective use." an danaged 2s a “s+ The people of Utirik feel that their arrowroot hes b eon At present the arrovrosct stelks neasure one result of the radiation. r2a 2a i five reate foot, whereas before the radiation they measur With regard to your comment about the reduced size of arrowroot plants on Utirik, we can state that the results of studies of radiation effects on plants would not support radiation exposure as being 2 responsible for a reduction in size of arrowroot or of any other plants growing on Utirik Atoll. Numerous studies of radiation on Utirik show the levels have been too low to result in such effects. qm 901! J