& 137Ce hody burden, kBq Te “ ¢ BML whelebedy Neemureaents Oo LLNL model diet ® Naldu A diet BS Naidu & diet + ° ¢ ° B d a 4 a ae 36h 2¢ 4 h6¢ a 1 4 & i 46 a J 0 o o a i 75 $6 Time, months since 1977 Figure 3. Comparison of 37Cs body burdens estimated using various diet models with Heal whole body measurements at Rongelap Island. and fluid in our diet model of about 1 to 1.5 coconuts per day, per person, averaged over a year is consistent with estimates of an average of 05 and 1.0 coconuts per day, per person, made by _ two Marshallese officials with considerable experience inliving habits at atolls other than Majuro Atoll (DeBrum, 1985). Based on data published by Mary Murai in ' 1954, the average intake of coconut products was drinking coconut fluid, 95 mL d-1; copra meat, 48 g d-1; and drinking coconut meat, 10 g d-1; however, sprouting coconut was not mentioned (Murai, 1954). The total intake is essentially the sameasthe results of the Ujelang Survey. It might be noted that consumption of local foods in 1954 was higher than today. Moreover, the Bikini Atoll Rehabilitation Committee (BARC) asked for a survey on coconut consumption by the Bikini community (Bikini Atoll Rehabilitation Committee, 1986). The result of the limited survey s that coconut consumption was about on indicated in the MLSC dietli Similarly, in the summary of a during July and August of 196 at Majuro Atoll, the average coconut use wa reported to be approximately 0.5 coconut, pe day, per person (Domnick and Seelye, 1967). included young for grated meat drinking coconuts, old nuts and pressed for small volu of milk, and sprouting nuts used for the sw , soft core. Data from Eneu Island show that an verage drinking coconut contains 325 mL of fluid (standard deviation equals 125 mL), so hat even if the entire average coconutuse of 0 per day were ail drinking nuts, the average intak would be about with the results Experience at Enewetak A our model. In past years, c 22