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USERDA, DIRECTOR, PASO, HONOLULU, HAWAII
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DRAFT STATEMENT DISCUSSED WITH YOU PREVICUSLY FOLLOWS:
EVERYONE Lh THS WORLD EXPOSED TO FALLOUT FROM NUCLEAR WEAPONS
TESTS CARRIES A MINUTE AMOUNT OF PLUTCNIUM IN TIETR BODY,
ocOF WHICH IS EXCRETED EN URINE.
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AS A PANT. OP
-ERDA's GONTINUING PESPONSIBELITY TO EVALUATE THE RADIOLOGICAL
“STATUS OF THY PROYLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT OP THE PARSHALL
ISLANDS , VERY PRELIMINARY DATA FROM RADIOCHEMICAL ANALYSES
OF POOLED URIEE IN SAMPLES FROM A SHALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WAVE
INDICATED THAT THE CONCENTRATION OF PLUTONIUM-239, 240 IN
THE URINE OF PERSONS RESIDING ON THE BIKINI AND: RONGELAP
ATOLIS APPEARS TO BE SOMEWHAT TEGBER TOAN THAT IN THE URINE
OF SELECTED RESIDENTS OF NEW YORK CITY.
RADIGANALYSES OF
THESE SAMPLES FOR OTHER RANTORUCLIDES IS IN PROCKESS,
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