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I have been referred to you by Drs. Conard and Pratt at Brookhaven. We
are requesting your assistance to arrange for the coliection of about 10 large
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excretion of plutonium and other radionuclides in the Marshallese people.
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volume urine samples which will be used to establish control levels for the
subjects should be metabolically stable, and should never have lived at Bikini,
Rongelap or Utirik.
(Relatively short visits such as the Brookhaven Medical
Field Trips should not interfere with our objectives in this study). Dr. Conard
has suggested the following individuals from your staff as potential participants
in this study; but you should feel free to substitute others, or to select a few
additional participants as you see fit.
The suggested participants are:
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coordinate the urine collection program.
The samples should be 24 hour urines collected from each individual for 14
successive days.
It is very important that the samples be unadulterated with
water or other foreign substances, and that each sample consist of urine from the
selected participant only (i.e., pooled samples with contributions from family
members or others will detract from the value of this study).
We propose to pay each participant $25 upon receipt of a satisfactory sample,
and $100 to Mr. _
for his services as coordinator.
Please let me know if this program meets with your approval, and if the
suggested terms. are agreeable with the participants.
If so, we will ship collection containers and instructions for each participant to Majuro, and we will
arrange for the return shipment of the samples to Brookhaven.
Your assistance is sincerely appreciated.
Yours truly,
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N. A. Greenhouse, Project Director “2.
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