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Some years ago, the ERDA doctors discovered that a number of the Utirik
peovle had adult-onset diabetes, and gaid that 25% of the people had the
diseases
a) Vihy haven't the ERDA doctors given medicine to the people who have the
disease in Utirik (medicine:
Diabinase)?
b) Dr. Konrad Kotrady had asked the Trust Terrdtory Gov't. (in lHajuro) for
the medicine (Diabinase), and they refused vo give him any for the
people of Utirik, and therefore, the people with this disease have not
been oroperly treatedo
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Te ‘AL present, the peovle of Utirik have much fear of the radiation that cane
from the bomb:
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a) Therefore the veople of Utirik feel the need to have someone coe out
“and do a study of Utirik for possible lingering radiation,
b) fhe people of Utirik feel that their arrouroot has been damaged as a
result of the radiation. aAtepresent the arrowreot stelks measure one
foot, whereas before the radiation they measured five feet.
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result of the radiation. ‘The peonle feel that the «RDA Program is in need of
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