63.4, agents ty »hatERDA-is-willing to certify is that onee-these islands—thhs “Action is taken—as is: propa, od he. General Johnson—and that tho. “Mr.Icnonn. There is no danger to the people? Mr, Deat. Not fromradiation. Mr. Icnorp. Returningto the island? -- Mr. Dea. We planto follow up monitoring just. like we do now.As you know, there was a mishap during the test period in 1954 and the island Rongelap was hit with fallout and there were natives exposed vane there abereoe ae We have a medica] team that follows those people; they go in twice & year, and make studics on the people. They whole-‘body count them and they have done bloodstudies. ees Ea Pre eet e Of the 19 children exposed at that time who were less than 10 years of age. 17 have had some kindof thyroid difficulty. Onemandiedof leukemia a Year orso ago, This was the cancer case. We have this followup programgoing ee ee We will include Bikini in the followup and in fact it has already started. The people have started moving back to Bikini. and our medli- cal teams nowgo there. The same will he true for Enewetak; whenre- settlement starts at Fnewetak. our medical teams will eo there, We also doaradiological surveyatthe same time. Wecollect samples of the food andfish, and check on the environmental movementof the. radioactivity. Mr. Brarp. On the followup. in other words. they are sent overthere and then vou follow up. but you foundin the followup situations—— Mr. Dest. No: that. came fromthe fallout of a nuclear test. These people were taken off the island because of a fallout from a nuclear test. It was an accident. Mr. Beanv. I see. Mr. Dean. They were exposed, everybody knew that. Mr. Branv. I see. OK. Mr. Mircierp. May I clarify that? 7 , . cS Mr. Branb. Yes. " Mr. Mireteny. In 1954, during the test at Bikini of the first hydro- an dp hed ane, gen bomb, the wind went the wrong way, and fairly large amounts of radioactive fallout were depositedat Rangelap Atoll. The problem we have there is the people were exposed from the eplaneciastin, bitter beginning. It isa matter of trying‘to treat them from that time downto this. Our objective for the Enewctak program, of course, is to avoid any exposure, internal or external. from the outset. Mr. Ienonn. The Chair recoumizes Mr. Shumate to ask some qucs- tions for the record. Mr. Sireararn. Thank vou. Mr. Chairman. Mr, Mitchell, as I understand the testimonyup to now, are these the islands referred (o as the northern islands? Mr. Mrrcuex.. Yes,sir. . ‘ \ Teo SO Mr. Dra. No, sir. ewes . _— Mr. Icriono. Of course, if:you are wrong, in that assessment, thenwe could have possible liabilityto these people. aed teh dh ib eee me gee ee 4 Ethey will be safe? a «Mr. DtMne557 ANABAENAuclahe Sh$0, gttae paltenyfTKeine al ind penny tn £0 wadae aT teetahee oe -.. ae islands até used underthe, conditions which youspeafy-—zyort,think = — eee ~~ ee ay var HrEEeety ere yey yy eee - er rr ST ET ETa ee ee ereee RS ™ Eee nee oe 7 =~ —_we