ree ee 875 Mr. Dru Ldanpbrew why they don't count phrowctembebiatte Tt may Mr. Yarxs. Whyis that é Mr. oe Younc. Tam informed by the medical authoritics at Brookhaven. that the children under 5 are too small to be subjected to the shole body counts. Mr. Yates. Why? Mr. ve Youse. 1 don't know whether it is the size of the child or whether the measurement itself might have some effect on the child. but the whole body count is not given to children wader 4 vears. "Mr. Yates. Is there an application of some kind of radiates in the test 1self? . . Mr. Deav. No. sir. : Mr. Yates. Then why don't theygive it tothe children ? . Mr. ve Youxa. Dr. Wevzen from 1.0.E.ts here. 4 w@@nesion of sitting stil. ‘ Mr. Drav. Thisis Dr. Wevzen from our medical group. DyresThere arpe probleme One involves Juine sitar about 2Oonutes bua tht a a perebdora wt ps whats Drain bee ibration Of tie Metruiert pp. Inited gor Stnall pemons. Legorepero) We bepier en. wat. datis, For ali we know, the chien may have been con (aminated too! — MTT DEAT, Ses. sir. Uf they have been drinking the coconut milh. CATSES OF RADIATION EFFECTS ON BIKINI ISLAND Mi. Duscas, What account. forthe rather extreme variations. from a200o which is within vonr limits to 1.1802 . Mr. Deat. J am at a loss to answer that. Mr. Dunean. unless the jasibility that some of them didn't cat as many covanut- er drink a> much coconut milk. There could be some variations of some kind in their metabolism. ] really don’t know, Mr. Yates. Tooce a body ae 4 Mr. MeCraw. Yee. snow, Phasicalle two things account for the Varna Opes ist naw miuel at tae al TlCts Peedi arena Flee es ‘arlous Wdividuste ave eatin, Lhe oteet is Tat salile Opt be prey” lave Been Tine on the d-Ghid long te PTT aT] Wat vet ey geese Po Pee tl TS fe eid Of sere) pps, peiaccag, 26 oy Te wrtite Oibean TAY. DATES. Stal Mr. McCraw, About 1972 Lbelieve. che earliest ones came inabout i. so somepeople have been there G vecurs. sate rn Veabe, sGinte five orm therel year ar less The body burdens of cesium Tyas pps at “hicvion of time. so the indulgeiy uepepedation that base been there Che jongesp and hive been eating the largest qnantics, basteaian Of veer have the highe:| intense ant a iw Wiest taclia7 i Ua aa eR ey ATE Yates. I have the mMpression that vou tald the committee that 907 vou suggested (0 the people on the istand they ought not to eat the food there. but that vou would provide the food from outside ~ources. If chat is true, why did the count nevertheless go up in 197k? Mr. Drac. We understand that they day *asn't there sOT I0018 17 is _cocoputs. I aim telling you what survey feam members repeated DOE ARCHIVES