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Volume Lo, Numuet 29
MARSHALL ISLanDS JOURNAL
Bbbedb yp , suber ways
sreenpeace called to task for “Traumatic Evacuation”,
y
the evacuation of
on the average comparable
to levels of naturally-oc-
curing
areas in the U.S,
lap Atoll in the Marshall
lands by Greenpeace last
onty may not have been
essary.
Fhe Greenpeace organizapn, a conservation and
Rongelap was dusted by
fallout from U.S. open-sir
Civiews,is Tat from ceraln. Levels of radioactiviy on the main Island of
ly “within fieInternation:
ally”accepted
standard.”
There is noevidence of
continuing ill-effects from
residual radiation, he
he said,
“Every study, every re-
port, every analylsi” done
by the U.S. government to
measiwe radioactivity on
‘Rongelap has been published and made avallable
to arrorneys for the Marshatt Islands people and to
the
Marshail
Islands
government, the expert
UNWANTED
MEDDLING
the United States. Since
then, radioactive contami-
tolt — about 300 peoJe ~ as well as their hous-
Kelals assertedVETENT
ficials sald.
Radiation on most of
Rongelap, one expert said,
1950's, testing long since
prohibited to signatories
of the Limited Test Ban
Treaty af 1963 including
uly moved the entire
opulation of Rongelap
ist week of May. Green-
tlon of about 100 to 200
millirems per year. Recent
tests on biological samples
from Rongelap residents
show that the average
Rongelapian
is
being
exposed to 100 mifhrems a
year from aff sources, of-
atom bomb testing in the
“i-nuclear group, appar-
eace claimed radioactiviy senders Rongelap unfit
o¢ human habitation,
This, U.S. government of-
In
even below fevels in some
Kon-
1 materials and livestock,
» Mejato, an island In
wajalein atoft in the Marhalls by boat during the
radioactivity
most areas of the contlnental United States, or
cw:‘Ing background radia-
UNITED
nation has apparently sunk
to safe levels In the matn
inhabited areas of the
atoll, the officials said.
with the currentdiet and
lifestyle of the Rongelap-
ese
taken
iInta account,
Rongelapians returned in
1957 and have been living
Certain groups meddling
in the affates of Micronesians before the United
a
= yePon chy
; gaan:
*
ey Reset
pone
ale sneg
on the atoll since then,
In most areas of the Cantinental United States, the
officials said, inhabitants
Nations Trusteeship Coun-
cil have beecriticized by
FSM
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ae
ents “self-appointed” said
he was appalled by many
7
of the remarks made by
the petitioners on behalf
of Micronesiany.
He said they have little
real familiarity with the
isdands here.
Pa TOMI
See us to insure against
high water damage, (yphoon, fire, automobile
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test of 1954, some in-
habitants of Rongelap Inadvertently exposed to direct fallout contamination
suffered radiation trauma
to the thyroid, the US.
expert said, and there was
some evidence of increase
in abnormal pregnancies in
the early years after the
test.
Wut by now, US. offficials say, the eTfects of
apy-<ontinuing radiation
on Rongelap are minor, If
measurable at ail.
Since the 1954 test there
have been visits to Rongelap by 2 well-equipped
U.S. medical ship every
six months to treat the
istanders and to follow up
on old exposures, officials
note. If necessary,Rong:
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IN THE HGH COURT
REPUBLIC OF THE "IARSHALL ISLANDS
MARINE
COMPANY, LTD.
Washington Repre-
sentative Epel ton,
Hon, calling the propon-
are
subject to0 naturally oc-
uid FIRE INSURANCE
NATIONS —
noted. In 1983, a US.
team visited Rongelap, explained the results of the
surveys, and feft native
fanguage brochures, he
said.
immediately
following the “‘Bravo" nuclear
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OF ROL? ATOLL |
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AT FIRST GLANCE, this recent Jounal photo of a
land and lagoon scene at Laura (s attractive enough, but
on closer Inspection we see the discarded cans of Dud-
weiser, the carelessly strewn plastic cups, the myriad
pleces of debris trcaght down to Laura and feft there
week after week by visiting “tourists” from Rita.
According to police chief Bob Canfield, the people
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