have the capability whatsoever to differentiate. . .
I shudder tq think how many
people have been actually directly affected and the problem was|never properly
identified."
2.
"Strange" illnesses on atolls other than the northern
“We hear horror stories.
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I look at Mejit, Likiep, and areasflike that which
have experienced not so normal illnesses, birth defects and oth@r anomalies of
that nature.
These are areas that should be investigated, not|with a mind to
determine who is to blame or who is responsible,
providing proper health care.
but really Jas
a means of
People are sick out there; they nedd care. . .
It
is our worry that people are indeed sick and people have illmesses that are
internal and severe enough that if they were in a proper medic&l facility one
could easily discover and treat these illnesses.
But because] the system of
health care now is such that we do not have the capability, tile problem even
becomes more severe than meets the eye."
3.
Voluntary migration in search of safety and/or jobs
The fact that the Bikinians moved to Kili and the people
moved
to Ujelang presents
intermarriage,
a
migration
problem that
spells
qf Enewetak were
intermingling,
and the "sharing" of the contamination that came about in the
northern islands, in the opinion of the Marshallese.
The migration of hundreds
to Majuro to seek jobs with the government, and to Ebeye to sedqk jobs with the
United
States
Army Missile
Range,
is
seen
as
another
dimension
of
the
intermingling of the “unclean” with the rest of the people.
4.
Food Distribution
"People in the outer islands very commonly, very normall¥, send in food,
locally grown produce and other food, to be consumed by their rBlatives who are
otherwise not exposed. . . Salted fish, preserved pandanas.
very susceptible to radiation, holding radionuclides.
Pandanas we know are
So are afrowroots.
That
is the main one that is sent in form the northern Marshalls.
Not to mention
coconut crabs, salted fish, and others.
er the central
These are sent all
Marshalls, especially Majuro and Ebeye."
Preserved food also gets sent all over the islands and egpecially to the
centers of population.
The food is preserved, like in the case
breadfruit, by
burying it in the ground--a major source of radioactivity.
5.
Challening the "Cigar-shaped Theory"
“There is the cigar-shaped fallout theory. . . That has nq@ver been proven.
It may be true at 10,000 feet, but what happens as it sett]es?
prevailing winds which run here northeast?"
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