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to expect simflar values.)
Qiher issues re marine food pat hs atid uerivations inelude:
a)
How representative is a sin le fish, the mullet, of either the
islanders' diet or of the fish and seafood population?
I would
think that other fish and t he coconut crab would need to be sampled
before stating that the dos p via marine life is insignificant.
b)
How valid are the statement
5 (made at the meeting) that the mullet
does not wigrate, presumably either between islands or across
ocean/lagoon barriers?
If it is not a migrating fish, were the
fish obtained in those area
islanders?
most likely to be fished by the
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c) What is the basis for the a ssumption that the mullet is the most
direct and representative } {nk between marine contamination levels
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and dose to man?
It is stated that there is some uncertainty about what fish tissue
the Marshallese actually in gest.
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d)
This sounds difficult to believe
considering that we have had 30 years--more or less--to observe/study
their dict.
If nothing els@, why don't we ask them?
Unreal:
If
it is true that we really don't know, why are muscle and skin assumed?
e)
If there is a difference of a factor of 8 in the 238py/239py ratios
in fish (mullet?) muscle in different parts of the atoll, why are
mean concentrations used an d why is 3 x 1075 used as the gut transport
factor for 238py?
f)
On page 8 it is stated that
use of 1073 instead of 3 x 107° for
Pu-239, -240 would increase ithe cose rate from 3.2 mrad/yr (Table 5)
to 9.9 mrad/yr.
Does this " include 238pyu?
What if the
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