RADIATION-INDUCED CANCERINTHE 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 YEARSAS 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 OF 500 PEOPLE RESIDE ON ATOLL, WITH THE HELP OF IMPORTED FOOD.(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 ADDITIONAL0.026 DEATH FROM CANCER CAUSED BY THE RADIATION. a lea ee ee eae (NOTE: DOSE ESTIMATES INCLUDED INTAKE OF CESIUM AND STRONTIUM WHICH WERE EXCLUDED FROM CONSIDERATION IN THE CLEANUP CRITERIA.)