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ve coconuts. They
wy were drinking
“IDENTS
wodrink the milk
food and water /
Interior on what
reo his friends in
Isthere anything else contaminated that they eat besides coconuts?
Mr. Q.prBrtar Pandan and other Jocal subsistence crops,
Mr. Yarns. Are those infected toa?
Mr. QO.pr Brite. We are told they are infected also.
Mr Yarres. Albright. xo ahead. Mr. Deal.
Mr. Drak. The last =lide. you asked us to tell you the status of what
we knew of Mnen Ustand.
Mr Yarrs. We would like to know what the status of Bikini ts as
well,
[The charts follow:]
MEASURED RADIATION DOSE—BIKINI ISLANDERS
{REM per year]
1974
1977
1978
0.2%
003 to 667
0. 200
. O88 to . 538
0. 200
. 970 to . 980
203 ta. 267
. 288 to. 738
. 270 toa 1. 180
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Total.
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Note’ Federal standard {77 individuals equals 05 REM per year.
POV. and auipde
ered. have been
md staying with
Inst thea a the
on to believe the
enee of uneoythen? Did vou
nd fresh foods
myself in what
to that. beenuse
nshirnece,
> tothe coconuts.
wconuts and the
‘fothe Marshall
will drink the
rodent by, They
eonuts by there
a
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{
drink the mills
Hil] eating the
them fron ent‘ls or cut dawn
cee nee
SrattUs—EsAtk ISLaNps
Myternal radiatron:
V2 remear,
Coconut OH treesa os neisurements 3 ta 6 fines previous estinnites.
Other food eroaps ) Satiples now berg analy zed.
Sesowater wells: 3 net petabite high salte: 3 may be potable but: radiation
LOPS eS nigoe Neecdk IPA stanthiereds.
Mr. Yarvs. Have vou decided that from now on vou are not going to
permit people to live on Bikini any more? Obviously they can’t live
there af they are going to continue to be tnfeered, right?
Mr. Dian, Right. ves. sar.
Mr. Yatrrs, Sous faras vou know, Biktai T-land is through as an
aren for living,
.
Mro Dean. Yes. sin, probably autil we get another 30 vears. The lialf
life of costume is G0 years. saat the encbof 0 years Chere wottld be anehalf the amount of costume retuatmne. Teor every 30-year period there.
after. Che cesimia clecays teone-hialf its vadne,
BASIS
OF
Loos DECESION
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BIRENT
Mr. Yarus. Why were people allowed to go back there in 1972 0 Who
narde (heut destsion 4
Mis. Vaw Crrvin Mi. Chatrnian.
Mere Yares. Your friend tn Tnterior?
Gro ulead, please, Mrs. Van Cleve,
Mire. Vax Creve. The President of the United States made the de-
cision ma Adgter Dos,
Mer. Yarns. Neting upon whose advice
a
View Vas Chuvi. Te annonneed that the people of Bikini could re-
tur on the basis of adviee received: from ex pert> hired by the Atomile
Energy Comission who said that Bikant was sa fe for dua
habitation,
pens
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r a
a a ee
En nT en
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eg meni
take office?