14. United Nations Radiation. Scientific Ionizing United Nations Committee on the Effects and biological radiation: Sources Fry. progress: Publication Sales No. of Atomic effects. £.82.1X.8, 06300P, United Nations, NY, 1982. 15. 16. Kohn, H. I., R. J. M. Medical NEW ENG. J. MED. 310:504-511, 1984. A precise estimate for the Marshall cosmic radiation, 22 mr/y (2, 14, Radiation oncogenesis. | Islanders is 0.04 rem/y, based on 17); and internal radiation due to potassium-40, 18 mrem/y (14, Annex B, Table 17). The cosmic level is low owing to radiation is sea-level altitude. The external about the same as in much of Florida, level The value of .04 rem is well below the estimated world average of 0.2 rem (14). 17. Gudiksen, P. H., T. Rs Crites, W. L. Robison. for future Bikini Atoll inhabitants. External dose estimates Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, UCRL-51879, Rev. 1, March 1976. 18. Federal Radiation Council, Washington, D.C. the development of radiation standards. Radiation Council. Report No. 1, May Background material for Staff report of the Federal 13, 1960. Also see Federal Register, May 18, 1960, p. 4402. 19. , Naidu, J. R., N. A. Greenhouse, G. Knight, E. C. Craighead. Islands: A study of diet and living patterns. Laboratory, Brookhaven, NY, BNL 51313, July 1980. Marshall Brookhaven National This study is the most extensive one and provides the best discussion of the problem. It is based on 3 different types of communities and observations over some 7 years: It demonstrates the influence of local and external factors, and makes the important point that the amount of food used in preparing the diet can be estimated with reasonable accuracy, but the amount eaten coconuts is are used less and cannot be estimated primarily for drinking, accurately. Many especially during work in the groves, and much if not all of the meat may be discarded. 20. For Enewetak Atoll, the Defense Nuclear Agency assumed that the average daily use was 4 to 5 coconuts per individual, but noted that there was little hard evidence for the estimate. I000042 45