a ee te le in 4 te $25 an area where theyare able to famn it and to take the water from the area. ] think that isa practical situation. OONTAMINATION OF FOOD SOURCES Mr. Yates. Suppose vou were to plant other coconut trees. How long doe: 3t take coconut trees to come ¢ Let's ask the next question. We talk as though coconuts were the only food there. Isnt there other food? Mrs. Vax Cxeve. There is. indeed. Mr. Yates. What other foods do theveat ? Mrs. Vax Creve. Breadfruit. papaya.swect potatoes. Mr. Yates. Arc all of these contaminarcl / Mrs. Vax Creve. All of these have turned out to Le contaminated when grown in Bikini. Mr. Yates. That is because of the soil being contaminated? Mrs. Van Creve. That is correct. Mi. Yates. And the contamination in the soil is transferred ta the food apd ithorye po Wi Tew Cal Blotrt te tleiel de Dm he cots: tiated: i phis comoe Wir. Dea.That is correct. Mr. Yates. How much Of a chore is it to bring food in from the outsidc ? Suppose it wire a barren atoll: they didn't have the oppor: tunity to grow things. Mrs. Vax Creve. I think it is entirely feasible to bring food in from the outside. What we believe. however, qlio toleprae pla it is now foosille to export Minit, Jolande oe ngt eat the things thypare sewing there and neti bi sti ofeem We conld feed them entirely Tyo Gite oe sa gbee st we could not barthem enectively drom eating icalpractice. CONTAMINATION OF GROUND WATER Mr. Yates. How do they get their water now? What is the water that is contaminated ? Is it from wells? Mrs Vas Creve. Icis a groundwater supply as J under-tand it. vee. Mr. Dear. My understanding is that there are sine cistem. too. some runoff water from rain. but T think it is the wells too, They have to use the wells under certain conditions. There isnt enough ¢istern Water. Mr. Yarrs. There is not enoug): cistern water. The cistem water ts not contaminated, is it? Mr Try., Not to anv extent to cause them this kind of problem. sir. . os phud th. wellwatorjs contaminated? Mi. bean Yes. sir iti-. Mr. Yates Ts there any wav of decontaminating the well water? Can vou boil the contaminants ont? Mr. Dear. No. sir. It would take a very sophisticates resins used in chemical proccssi Ove the TACIOACEIVILY, STITT ATER. OW Citedfo On stvIs Jt! Mr. Dru. T really don't know. We have never looked at that prob- len, that J knowof, except back during the fallont davs there was na questic ; about decontaminating milk, and there was some Jooking at 9002419