DOB ARCHIVES
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c.
Any village construction on Bikini Island should
involve the covering of the site with coral rock
as is the local custom.
d.
Radioactive scrap metal should be removed from
the islands adjacent to former shot sites.
e.
The population of land crabs should be sharply
reduced because of their high content of 995
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If pandanus trees which produce edible fruit are
planted on Bikini Island,
two inches of topsoil
should be removed from the planting sites.
area of removal
The
from each site should be equal
to the area covered by the crown of mature trees.
3.
Determinations should be made of body burdens of 3766 and
905, at the end of the first year of residence on the Atoll
and as appropriate thereafter.
Baseline surveys prior to
relocation would be desirable.
Resurveys of environmental
radiation levels on the Bikini Atoll and estimates of radionuclides in food should be made periodically.
These surveys
will provide a continual check of the radiation status of
the people and environment and will help form a basis for
decision as to the time of rehabitation of islands outside
of the Bikini-Eneu complex