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of Kabelle (There were no callections ef land crabs made oo Rongelap
Talend during the last eurvey). tha general comteainntion on Rongslap

is about one<fifth that of Kabelle. The difference in atrastium-0
content my not be ac grat as this, bat einesthese are land crabs it vould.

be expected those on Rongelay alent to he lower than on Zabelle Toland.

D. Betimeted Puture ofSteutie9O,
1k. Although pescice values have pot been established, there

is & discriminatory factor between or/Ca ratio in tin food supply

and that found in the bones. Anis) experiments and linited human data
suggest, Values af at ieast a factor of two or three.
15.

If the Rongelopese are returned to their hone island, their

dict vould be supplimented by tepartad (relatively unconteninated)

foods, espectally rice. Also, the cisterns would be cleaned cut snd
refilled vith fresh water.

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16. Deapite the wide variancesin the dete, analysisof the
results from all of the surveys on the Pacific Islands show a general
denline of ax” vith time in the food chain (exseyt tho land crabs).

AT. Ghe above data ant estimates clearly indicatethetif_
land crabs are eliaimted fron their dist, the satimated future body
‘purden of the Rongelagese vould be substantially less than 100 pus/ of

sr” per gram of calctua: Ltaiting the intake of panfamis would further
reduce the estimated se”intake. Ry ueane of the contiming medical
examinations dsscribed below it vould be possible te note any tendency
of untoward accummlation of stromtiun-9 with time, amd appropriate
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