Mr. Wallace 0. Green July 18, 1980 Pace Three I have enclosed a recent critique of the Bender and Brill mewetak Assessment, which calls into serious question the analysis and recommendations contained in that study. This recent critique, performed by Dr. Rosalie Bertell of the Ministry of Concerm for Public Health, challenges the interpretation of radiological data by Drs. Sender and Brill, end Dr. Bertell suggests prudence in considering the proposed resettlement of mijebi. énother critique (also enclosed) by Dr. Karl Z. Morgan raises very serious questions about the dose assessment calculations of Drs. Sender “and Brill, and on the basis of his analysis of the Bender-2rill study, Dr. Morgan seems to suggest that their study is inadequate for making a determination about the proposed resettlement of Mmfjebi. In all honesty, I do indeed favor the resettlement of Mmjebi, but only on the condition that another assessment of the potential health risks be commissioned by truly independent and non-governmental radiation The experts having no connection with the United States Government. Bender=-Brill assessment has been criticized by well-respected radiation . experts, and as competent as these two researchers may be, they present us with an inherent conflict of interest: as you may know, both Bender and Brill are employees of Brookhaven Nationel Laboratory, end there is an inherent corflict of interest when Government researchers assess Government data. As an alternative, I propose that a groun of truly independent radiation experts be allowed to survey Mmewetak end Mjebi, as well as all of the Northern Marshall Islands which were exposed to fallout during the testing program. I have in mind several radiation experts and doctors from an independent organization know as "Physicians for Social Responsibility" (PSR), which is based in Boston, and which has a membership of more than 1,500 physicians and scientists in the United States. I have been in recent commimnication with members of that organization, and I am told that PSR is very interested in doing an, independent survey of the Marshall Islands, and in making recommendations based upon such a survey. Such an indenendent survey and assessment may ceuse a slight delay in the Injebi resettlement, but I do maintain that an additional six months or so is really an infinitesimal period when contrasted with the’ 33 years of exile already experienced by the njebi people. Such a survey will go a long way to attain some degree of objectivity in the Marshalls, and it may be a way out of the "nuclear quagmire" which has caused much in-fighting between various Government agencies involved with the Marshell Islands, as well as the internal conflicts between the new Marshall Islands Government and the people of Mmewetak. For me, such a survey by independent radiation experts seems like an obvious solution at the present time, and we can only benefit from another point of view