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the second recommendation of the report of the Ad Hoc
Committee (Enclosure 3):
‘Establish the first village and
Immediate food crops on Eneu.
No radiological precautions
will be needed on Eneu because of its very low contamination
level.''
These recommendations were presented to the
people through an interpreter during Mr. Norwood's visit.
It was recognized in 1968 that there would be a desire to
plant certain food crops on Bikini
time to maturity.
Island that have a long
<A precaution for removal of two inches
of topsoil was presented by the Ad Hoc Committee for
planing pandanus based on the best information available
at that time.
It appears now, based on additional
radiological survey results from Bikini and Enewetak Atolls,
that this will not be sufficient to keep down levels of
radionuclides in this plant since radioactivity in the soil
where roots grow extends deep into the ground.
Other food
plants have been planted on Bikini Island that were never
found there during the peoples' absence.
These have been
sampled and as information accumulates on their radioactive
content, recommendations on their use are made.
As new
things are learned about ways to reduce radiation exposures,
additional advice will be given the Department of the
interior for their use at Bikini Atoll.
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As for living patterns different from normal, estimates of
external exposure presented in August 1975 were based
on
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