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Office Memorandum - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT


TO:       Dr. C. L. Dunham, Deputy Director
          Division of Biology and Medicine, Washington, AEC

                                                    July 13, 1955

FROM:     Merril Eisenbud, Manager
          New York Operations Office

SUBJECT:  RESURVEYS OF THE MARSHALLS 

REFER TO SYMBOL:  M:ME


I would appreciate copies of whatever reports have been issued on
resurveys of the Marshalls.

At the moment I am wondering about Uterik now that the natives
have been back on this atoll for some months.  I should think
that urine samples from them would be of some interest.  We are
sorely in need of data which would relate a given level of
environmental contamination to absorption by a human population
living in the environment.  I realize the Uterik situation is
quite atypical and that the factors governing uptake are complex
and are numerous.  However, the problem has great importance both
to civil defense and industry.

Initially, 24 hour collections from 4 or 5 individuals would
suffice to determine if the levels are high enough to be of
interest.

It would be desirable to arrange for one or two control samples
to be collected on Uterik perhaps from individuals visiting the
atoll.


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