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I have made some specific recommendations of things that shoi?' 

 be done, hke attention should be logically given not only to radio 

 active isotopes but also to organic pesticides, heavy metals, which 

 we know are affecting even Fgdrbanks in the spring fi*om the 

 former Soviet Union. And that we establish new modeling efforts 

 on supercomputers that have so far not hardly even been thought 

 about by any existent agency or university. We have a great task 

 in fi"ont of us. I compliment you, Senators, for putting this hearing 

 forward, and thank you very much for your attention. 



Senator Murkowski. Thank you very much, Dr. Shaw. I very 

 much appreciate the input fi"om the panel. It would be helpful if 

 £iny references that you had in your presentations could be submit- 

 ted. I think there was one on the Thresher accident that we would 

 welcome. Any other references would be helpful because we will 

 compile them in the record. I think the presentation by the sci- 

 entific panel, everyone would agree, is certainly thought provoking 

 and relates to the tasks ahead. And thank you, gentlemen, for your 

 professional evaluation, and we look forward to your continued 

 commitment to address a response with sound science. We wish 

 you a good day and hope that you can be with us for the balance 

 of the day. 



I would excuse the panel and call our next panel. Our health 

 panel is next. The first witness will be Dr. Sven Ebbeson, Institute 

 of Marine Science, the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, and Alas- 

 kan-Siberian Medical Research Program. He will be followed by 

 Academician Trufakin, Vice President of the Russian Academy of 

 Medical Science, and Chairman, Siberian Branch, Russian Acad- 

 emy of Medical Science. Please be sensitive to my pronunciations 

 here. Dr. John Middaugh, State of Alaska Epidemiologist. Charles 

 Tedford, Radiation Health SpeciaUst, Department of Health and 

 Human Services, State of Alaska. We look forward to your presen- 

 tations. And again, since we have a substantial number of wit- 

 nesses left, I am going to suggest that if you run over 10 minutes 

 to please wind up your remarks in fairness to the others. So,' with 

 that, I see that you're all seated and Sven has got a glass of water 

 and ready to go. Fair enough? Dr. Sven Ebbeson, Institute of Ma- 

 rine Science, University of Alaska. Please proceed. 



[The prepared statement of Dr. Ebbeson and Dr. Trufakin fol- 

 lows:] 



