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guen
intake of
Limitations
icconuct
cn sierterv
Similaric’.
and 2readiruit are mot ful
on fikini Isiand:
3
‘ary troductive,
Tancanus
—aturea
and since it
rew vears >efore
ine available marine ana
‘rill
these tlants
The use of imported lIcods «rill
te
ere
oniv a few Iruit are
cecasionally available.
2Ince zzain.
cv 1980 the availability of
resources.
torn Pan-
sureiv sonrinue 29 varving cegrees.
To the extent that these imports mav
reduce the daily intake cf locailyv
grown [90d products or
54
-v
cally avail-
able marine resources will in turn
danus and breadfruit should se surfi
reduce the dose estimates in this
cient
report since these estimates are based
for normal subsistence use and
could be included in the dier if
upon the diets listed in Table 3.
radionuclide levels are not excessive.
diet should be evaluated after the
Presently on Eneu Island there are xo
teople return to determine che extent
Pandanus
fruit or breadfruir:
coconuts are available.
nowever,
By 1980 avail-
The
sa which it deviates from the diet used
in this dose assessment.
ability of coconut milk and meat snouid
not be limiting.
We have aiso assumed
Table 3.
Estimated diet for Bikini
and Eneu Islands.
that both Pandanus fruit and >read-
Intake (g/da)
fruit will be available by i980 on
Eneu.
1975
These dietary estimates are similar
to those in the assessment or Enewetak
sroi1® and are based upon the research
conducted at that time, whicn inciuded
discussions with and observations of
che Enewetak people living on Ujilang
and information from Dr. Jack Tobin,
an anthropologist and then resident of
the Marshall Islands, and Dr. Mary
Murai of the University of California
School of Public Health, who lived in
the Marshall Islands for several years
and has published a book on the Mar-
shallese diet.’
In addition, we have
since had the opportunity to observe
first hand how both the Enewetak and
the Bikini veople take advantage of
.
Food item
Bikini
Eneu
1980
Bikini
and
Eneu
Fish
600
600
600
Domestic meat
100
100
100
Pandanus fruit
50
-
200
Breadfruit
50
-
150
Wild birds
20
20
20
Bird eggs
10
10
10
Coconut meat
100
100
100
Coconut milk
100
100
300
Coconut crab
25
25
25
Clams
25
25
25
Garden
vegetables
50
50
50
1130
1030
1580
Total
plus imports