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Pacific Northy.est Laboratories
P.O. Box 999
Richland, Washington L.S.A. 99352
Telephone (509
Telex 15-2874
February 28, 1983
Dr. Edward T. Lessard
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Associated Universities, Inc.
Upton, Long Island, NY 11973
Dear Ed:
Thank you for sending me copies of your Marshall Islands trip reports. The
data are very interesting. I had seen the figure comparing Cs-137 levels
at Rongelap, Utirik, Enewetak and Bikini when we were at Majuro in December. Communicating and explaining the body burden data to the Marshallese will be a challenge for you. Sore of the questions they asked us at
Majuro will give you an indication of whet you can expect. I'l] send you a
copy of the transcript of the tapes made at our December session when it is
completed.
,
The abstract of your thyroid absorbed dose paper planned for presentation
in July 1983 was omitted from yourletter.
I would be quite interested in
having a copy. I continue to advise those dealing with risk estimates for
thyroid to "wait for the Brookhaven report."
With-best regards,
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W. J. Bair, Ph.D.
Manager
Environment, Health and
Safety Research Program
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