MINISTRYWIOF CONCERN FOR PUBLIG HEALT! 716) 874-5955 151 EAST S&3TREET> BUFFALO: NEW YORK: 1420 June6,1960 Cliff Sloan Office of Sidney R. Yates 2234 Rayburn Mouse Office Building — Washington, 5,.C. 20515 ‘ Re: 1 Resettling FEnewetak Atoll Dear Mr. Sloan: At the request of the Micronesia Support Committee in Monolulu, I have reviewed the report of Michael Bender and A. Bertrané Brill entitled “Assessment of Radiation Health Effects of the Resettle- ment of Enewetaxk Atoll." I am enclosing a copy of my curriculan vitae eo that you will have some evidence of my qualifications for reviewing this document. My research experience has been with human populations exposed to low levele of ionizing radiation. ZI am a consultant to the committees on environmental health probles of the New York State and Wisconsin Medical Associations, a member of the British Columbla Medical Association Committee on environmer health, and a consultant to the Division of (Radiation Exposure) Standard Setting for the U.S. Nuclear Regufatory Conmission. Frankly, Urs. Bencur anc Brill are writing outside of their area Of scientific expertise. Neither is a biostatiatician or epidemiologist, nor hag either becn among the 127 scientists involved'in the twenty-year study of the Marshallese conducted through Brookhaven Bational Laboratozy. They have used infurmation from tha éraft copy of the 1379 BLIR report which is designed to assess generalized effects on a large normal pppulation cxposed to radiation. With no appropriate modification, they use these probabilities to predict “health effects" for the small native population of Enewetak Atoll. YThe level of genetic probloams and chronic disease already present in this porulation, their increased susceptibility to future radiation damage (cumulative with that already suffered), and the inadequacy of present knowledge about the long-term fertility and mild mucation effects were completely ignored. An affiltate of -- — Global Education Associ: P92 Part Ave East Ovens New Jerney