is a much greater chance of higher those in an individual's immediate exposure at Bikini through the in- environment, resulting from resus-— pension. halation pathway. We can at least safely assume that the plutonium intake via PLUTONIUM CONCENTRATIONS IN THE INGESTION PATHWAY the inhalation pathway on Bikini Island is comparable to that in New York. Also, the available data Drinking Water The primary source of drinking and strongly suggest that over certain regions of the island the aeolian cooking water for Bikini inhabitants concentrations are significantly is unprocessed rain water obtained higher than in New York. from cisterns attached to the newly If resus- pension by human activity is also constructed buildings along Lagoon important, as it seems to be, there Road. 0. FT The cisterns collect water | | 40 - ~ = 2 | a Oo S / / / / f ”N ™ | \ o | 20}—- / / / \ New York, | \ N.Y. Wo P / — / a 3balboa, Panama 10F- Lima, Peru OL / / / | Sterling, Va.—j Puerto Ricoo / 30 f— ai N Miami, Fa. ~~ Oe nn a Guayaquil, Equador 0 -20 -10 | | Oo" * ‘| 10 | 20 | 30 | AQ) Deg N tatitude Fig. 2. Concentration of 239,240, in air at various latitudes, taken during May 1972, by the HASL sampling network. -6- SE 5 027,