C 7 Cy QQ. WHY MUST PRECAUTIONS BE TAKEN IN PLANTING PANDAUUS TREES ON BININI? A. Pandenus fruit is a native diet staple, supplying certain needcd vitamins. While there are no Pandanus of cdible variety now on Bikini Island, samples from a nonedible variety have been found to contain a higher level of both strontiun-90 and cesium-137 than other plants grown in the same soil. The Committee of experts have made a recomnendation for reducing these levels in the fruit of trees to be planted on Bikini Island by removins the top two inches of soil whick contains wost of the radionuclides. On Eneu there is no need for such precautions since the soii there contains only a very small amount of radionuclides. 8. Q. WHY WAS IT SUGGESTED THAT THE COCONUT CRAB POPULATION SHOULD bE REDUCED IN NUMBER? A. The coconut crab is a native favorite. However, it is not de- sirable that this food be a major part of the diet since the levels of radioactivity in the crab are somewhat higher than some other food items. This consideration is the basis for the recommendation on crab population reduction. 9. Q. A. WHAT ABOUT COCONUIS? ARE THEY RADIOACTIVE? Coconuts have been observed to.contain some amounts of radioactivity but Tauch less vhan Pandanus fruit. Suitable planting and fertilizine procedures are expected to reduce even these amounts. There cre