that they were still afraid to eat local food, 52 were still afraid
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to live on the island because of the contamination 20 years ago and
67 stated they believed that they should get more money from the AEC
for such things as damage to land, trees, crops, and so forth.

Because of the nature of the responses to the questionnaire prepared by
the Committee it appears to be several well-documented lasting effects

of the original exposure 20 years ago to fallout.

In the area of

their exposure experience,it is clear that they did not understand what

had happened and that the lack of information which has prevailed, has
caused the people to conclude that when a person gets sick, it was
from the fallout, and furthermore, that any person who has died since
the fallout, died as a result of the fallout.

It is also clear that

the people do worry quite a lot as a result of their experience, not
only for themselves, but also for their children.

The people also believe that they have received inadequate compensation
in the past and look forward to additional compensation in the future,
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perhaps the most interesting fact is that the exposed and unexposed
alike are still afraid to eat local food or live on their islands.

It

is as though the fear of illness from contamination persists in their
minds like the residual radiation which still exists in the food chains

and ecology of the islands.

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