It is an irony of history that the U.N. Trust Agreement binds the United States both to ‘protect the health of the inhabitants’ and ‘protect = the inhabitants against the loss of their land or resources.’ States. Similarly, exposure through concentration of radiation in the food chain is not well understood, yet this appears to have been a major contnbutor to the alarming rate of problems at Rongelap. Utink and other islands. At Bikini it was the reason for evacuating the people in 1978, and who can guarantee the future of the Enewetak people? Moreover, in October 1980 the Department of Energy stated thatit is now safe for the Bikinians to return to a certain island in Bikini Atoll. It was claimed that the people will not receive doses above the federal radiation standards if they import 50 percent of their food and spend no more than 10 percent of their time on Bikini [sland, approximately six miles away. It is an irony of history that the United Nations Trust Agreement binds the United States both to “protect the health of the in- habitants’’ and ‘‘protect the inhabitants against the loss of their land or resources."**6 With medical examinations and environmental surveys by doctors and scientists independent of the U.S. government. combined with a thorough education program on radiation, at least the diagnosis and treatment of the Marshallese will improve. But unless the independent scientific community in the United States becomes more involved in the health problems on these islands. it is likely that the inhabitants will serve pnimanily as a source for U.S. government research into the effects of radiation on human populations.O 1. Edward Martell to Theodore Mitchell (Micronesian Legal Service Corporation) Dec. 9. 1974 2. Defense Nuclear Agency. ‘Fact Sheet—Enewetak Operation” (Washington. D.C.: ona. Apni 1980). 3. KHON TV-2, interview with Paul Udell, Honolulu, March 1980 4. Floyd Takeuchi. Pacific and Asian Af- fairs Seminar, Honolulu. June 18, 1980. §. “Enewetak Islanders Plan Return."’ Honolulu Star Bulletsn. Sept. 26, 1979. 6. “Problems Unresolved on Enewetak Atoll."’ Honolulu Star Bulletin, March 26, 1980. 7. Rosalie Bertel! to U.S. Congressman Sidney Yates. June 6, t980. Nowavailable | DIRECT FROM THE BULLETIN The Papers ‘ of the Woridwatch institute The Institute is an independent, 8. Glenn H. Alcalay to Congressman Sid1 ney Yates. June 24, 1980 non-profit research organization created to analyze and to focus attention on world problems. Atoll—Cleaning Up Nuclear Contaminauon,” PSAD 79-54 (May 6. 1979). 10. Atomic Energy Commission. ‘Report 1 Nuclear Power: The Fitth kum Atoll” (1969). Il. Ralph Waltz to Giff Johnson, Majuro, Marshall Islands, June 1979. economics, safety, proliferation and 12. Robert A. Conard. ‘The Radiological Status of the Bikini People: A Summary Re- 2 Energy: The case for Con- 9. General Accounting Office. **Enewetak of Ad Hoc Committee to Evaluate the Radiological Hazards of Resettlement of Bi- pon” (Upton. N.Y.: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Sept. 20. 1978). 13. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. “Dose Assessment at Bikini Atoll.” ucri51879 (June 8. 1977) pt. 5 “Bikini Islanders Want to Stay There."’ Washington Post. Apnil Horsemen by Denis Hayes, Details the issues to be faced if we increase our use of nuclear power: environmental impact, availability of uraruum, terrorism. 64 pages. . D+ servation by Denis Hayes. Reports that more than haif the energy the U.S. consumes is wasted. Conservaton in certain areas couid meet our energy needs for the next 25 years. 77 pages. 3 Repaira Reuse Recycling—First Steps Toward a Sustainable So- 3, 1980. 14. Conard. ‘*Radwlogical Status.” ciety by Denis Hayes.in light of polite in Marshallese People. A Companson of the straints on our future use of virgin materials, recycling must become a central organizing principle in indus- 15. Konrad P. Kotrady, ‘The Brookhaven Medical Program to Detect Radianon Effects People’s vs. the Program's Attitudes” (Jan. 1, 1977), unpublished but available from Mic- ronesia Suppor’ Committee. 1212 University Ave.. Honolulu. HI 96826. 16. Conard. ‘Radiological Status.” 17. John Anjan. Magistrate of Rongelap Atoll 19$0-65 to Giff Johnson, Ebeye. Marshall Islands. July 1979. 18. Lewis Strauss, taped press conference. 1954 (Washington. D.C.: National Archives, 1954). 19. Robert A. Conard and others. ‘*“Sum- mary of Thyroid Findings in Marshallese 22 Years after Exposure to Radioactive Fallout.” No. 21924 (Upton. N.Y. Brookhaven National Laboratory. 1976). 20. Kotrady, Brookhaven Medical Prom. 21. Philadelphia Inquirer. ““Who Knows HowLong They tl) Take To Show,”* Apni 20. 3979. 22. Conard and others. "A Twenty Year Review of Medical Findings in a Marshallese Population Accidentally Exposed to Radiwactive Fallout” (Upton, N.Y.: Brookhaven National Laboratory. [975). 23. U.S. Department of Energy. ‘“North- em Marshall Islands Aenal Radiavon Survey. September to November 1978." 24. Micronesian Independent. “The 25.000 Year Question.”’ June 6, 1980. 25. Kotrady. “Brookhaven Medical Pro- gram 26. United Nations. ‘Trusteeship Agreement for the Trust Terntory of the Pacific Islands (New York: U.N. Trusteeship Council, . cal, energy and environmental con- trial societies. 48 pages. 4 inflation: The Rising Cost of Living on a Small Planet by Robert Fuller. The author views inflation as a symptom of a growing imbalance between soaring human demands and the physical resources to satisfy them. He suggests steps government and individuals can take to dea! with the sources of rising prices. 48 pages. 5 Food or Fuel: New Competition for the World's Cropiand oy Lester Brown. 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