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Chairman, Department of Radiology University of Chicago W e have read with interest your letter of June 3, 1970, regarding the 134th meeting of the Advisory Committee for Biology and Medicine a t Battelle Northwest Laboratory, Richland, Washington. Much of t h e environmental and life sciences program headed up by Dr. Alpen is directed toward matters of very practical concern t o the AEC and w e are pleased that the Committee has had a chance t o review this work. The Internal Emitter Studies and those aspects of the program dealing with thermal stress are particularly significant in the light of the current concerns expressed over the quality of our environment. to attend the review and become acquainted with the activities of the ACBM and shall look forward t o meeting him a t one of your future meetings. W e are glad that Dr. Finch was able I n your letter you mentioned that Dr. Conard of the Medical Department of the Brookhaven National Laboratory reviewed i n some detail with you the medical findings of the people of the Marshall Islands. having your recomnendations regarding these matters and will look further into the question of some mechanism for payment to the Uti rik people. W e understand your concern over the medical follow-up of the Rongelap population including attention to the interim between visits by the medical team, and certainly this problem deserves attention. Your recommendation that we investigate mechanisms of stimulating a monograph on natural background radiation is pertinent to the current controversy concerning radiation protection standards. review should be apart of the over - all effort that we understand the lede ral Radiation Council will undertake, butin any event we will pursue . We wish to assure you that your recommendations, as helpful to the Commission.