rrecisely hew it will be implemented.
A fully adequate radiological health program must be
Gesigned,
funded and implemented.
It can and should include the
people of Bikini, who will one Gay soon be resettled, the exposure
victims at Rongelap and Utirik Atolls and the Enewetak people.
The final impact statement should address this question and
state clearly whether such a program is planned and what it will
include.
It too must deal with the health effects of hot particles
and all forms of low level radiation, with emphasis on internal
emitters.
3-8.
Unknown Concerns
We have tried to identify all the radiological needs of this
program which require further attention, all with the ultimate
safety of the Pecple of Enewetak in mind, but we cannot be certain
that we have dcne a complete job.
Hence, we call upon the United
- States government to continue to assume the important responsibility of giving the best and most careful attention to these matters
for the long range future.
4.
Considerations Related to Cost
Funding requests for the initial phase of this program have
been previously presented to the United States Congress.
They did
not receive very favorable or sympathetic consideration, to put
it mildly, by the members of the House Armed Services and Appropriations Committees.
In general, the objections related to the
great cost of the entire program and evidenced a reluctance to
commit the United States government to the first phase of a