MINISTRYLDF CONCERN FOR PUBLIG HEALTH 151 16) 874-5955 EAST STREET:* BUFFALO’ NEW ‘YORK: 14207 ee eee tee ae June6, 960 - " @Clie!e Sloan Office of Sidney &. Yates 2234 Rayburn House Office Building | Washington, D, Cc. Re: - eee oat 20525 Reaettling Pnewetak Atoll Dear me. Sican: | At the request: of the Micronesia Support Committee in Honolulu, I have reviewed the report of Michael Bender and A. Bertrané Srill entitled “Assessment of Radiation Health Effects of the Resettlement of Enewetak Atoll." I am enclosing a copy of my curriculum witae eo that you will have some evidence of my qualifications for reviewing this document. My research experience has been with human populations exposed to low levela of ionizing radiation. XI am @ consultant to the comittees on environmental health problems of the New York State and Wisconsin Medical Associations, a member of the British Columbia Medical Association Committee on environmental heaith, and a consultant to the Division of (Radiation Exposure) Standard Setting for the U.S. Muclear Regufatory Conmiesion. Frankly, Drs. Benéur anc Brill are writing outside of their area .Of scientific expertise. Neither is a biostatiatician or: . ; epidemiologist, nor hag either becn among the 127 scientists ~. involved'in the twenty-year‘atudy of the Marshallese conducted through Brookhaven Bational Laboratosy. They have used infurmation from the draft copy of the 1979 BLIR report which is . Geaigned to assess generalized effects on a large normal pppulation exposed to radiation. With no appropriate modification, they use these probabilities to predict “health effects" for the omall native population of Enewetak Atoll. ‘YThe level of genetic problems ané chronic disease already present in this population, their increased susceptibility to future radiation damage (cumulative with that already suffered), and the inadequacy of present knowledge about the long-term fertility and mild mutation effects were completely ignored. An affiliate of =" - — Global Education Associates 792 Park Ave East Orange ‘New Jere 0701)