,, . t“ ,- , l“” Pacific Northwest P.O. Box- Laboratories Richland. Washington U.S.A. 99352 375-2421 Telephone(W) Telex 1S-2S7’4 February 8, 1982 Dr. Henry I. Kohn 1203 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley, CA 94709 . . -. . Dear Dr. Kohn: Enclosed is a description of how the risk estimates in our Bikini book Included are estimates based on BEIR-I which we used were calculated. since BEIR-111 had not yet been accepted by the U.S. Government. In fact at the time we wrote the Bikini book only a type set copy of BEIR111 was available, which was not identical to the version eventually Me used this type set version to calculate estimates based published. on BEIR-111 for comparison purposes. This also is enclosed. Because of your question about the origin of the values for the dose to the highest individual I’ve included a table in the appendix of actual dose data for individuals. Also included is a copy of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Five Year Comprehensive Health Plan, dated February 1979. As I mentioned to you on the phone this was our only source of population data ofi the M~:-shallese people. The enclosure is all of the report that D-. Wachholz received from Mr. Ted Mitchell, a lawyer who was with the Micronesia Legal Service and who represented the Enewetak people. You’ll note that it appears incomplete. Also, there is a par! which is labeled Chapter Four, VI Demography. I don’t know whether th~s 1s a part of the Marshall Islands Five Year Plan or whether it is from another report. The data in this Chapter Four is not quite in agreement For example, in Table IV-6, page with the data in the Five Year Plan. 63 the annual growth rate for the Marshallese is given as 4.4%. From the data in Table III-1 of the Five Year Plan, the annual growth rate ‘ seemed to be less than 4%; we used 3.8%. Please call if you have any questions.