the biologic effects of long-term "low-level" radiation. The status of acute and long-term effects of higher levels of radiation offers a greater consensus by tne experts. In light of the possible change in ICRP maximum permissible dose for the individual, the size of the stucy group may change in the future. 3. The dosimetry of the islands involved in the March 1, 1954 accident is uncertain. It has been restudied and revised repeatedly as new technology and new data become available. Under the circumstances, only population dosimetry is possible. It would appear from the pathologic results, at least to the thyroids of some of the children of Rongelap, that the individual variations might be considerably higher than was previously estimated (private communication with J. E. Rall, M.D., Director of the Institute of Metabolic and Allied Diseases, National Institutes of Health). 4. Irrespective of the calculated doses to the exposed population, the development of radiation-related disease far which the DOE/BNL/DOL has accepted moral and fiscal responsibility has fixed in the minds of the Marshallese the fact that they and their land have been "poisoned" (synonymouswiththeMarshallese word forradiation). Bate. This intellectual, psychological, and emotional set is deep-rooted and probably cannot be erased. 5. The Marshallese consider themselves a "unique" subpopulation of Micronesia. Mo Their documented "injury"by the U.S., supported WwW 1a’ a by anti-nuclear world opinion, gives them great political 9092221 iN e