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In addressing the first of these questions, data presented to the TTG
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The Bikini data are highly suspect because the samples were not collected
in a manner to avoid possible contamination of urine by plutonium-
contaminated soil on the body and clothing of the person providing the
sample, or from resuspended plutonium-contaminated soil in the air.
Also, urine samples were generally pooled which prevented identification
of possible sampling descrepancies.
The TTG concludes that the first question cannot be answered with available
data and recommends that an effort be made to obtain urine samples from
selected representative residents of Bikini under carefully controlled