RADIATION-INDUCED CANCERIN THE ENEWETAK POPULATION -ENEWETAK PEOPLE WERE TOLD IF THERE WERE 10,000 DEATHS FROM CANCER NOTRELATED TO RADIATION, THERE MIGHTBE AN ADDITIONAL10 PEOPLE DIE OF CANCER DURING THE NEXT 20 YEARS AS A RESULT OF THE RADIATION REMAINING ON THE ISLANDS, ASSUMING LIVING AND EATING PATTERNS IN CONFORMANCE WITH CASE 3 CLEANUP. ASSUME THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: — DURING THE NEXT 30 YEARS, AN AVERAGE OF500 PEOPLE RESIDE ON ATOLL, WITH THE HELP OF IMPORTEDFOOD.(15,000 PERSON-YEARS) —CAUSES OF DEATH ARE THE SAME AS FOR THE U.S. POPULATION IN 1976 (FOR LACK OF BETTER DATA). . THEN, THERE MIGHT BE AN ADDITIONAL 0.026 DEATH FROM CANCER CAUSED BY THE RADIATION. oo Mo (NOTE: DOSE ESTIMATES INCLUDED INTAKE OF CESIUM AND STRONTIUM WHICH WERE EXCLUDED FROM CONSIDERATION IN THE CLEANUP CRITERIA.)