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I believe the United States should support strongly the 

 International Arctic Science Council (lASC) and AMAP, fund fully 

 and urgently the proposal by CDC to establish surveillance of 

 health status in the former Soviet Union, and provide enhanced 

 resources to fully assess the potential threat from arctic 

 environmental contamination. 



Finally, I believe it essential to communicate quickly and 

 responsibly the results of scientific studies to arctic people. 

 We must use the data to empower arctic residents to make 

 informed decisions for themselves. We must guard against the 

 possibility of causing groundless fears that result in 

 scientists taking away from the community an ability to control 

 their decisions while waiting for my study results. 



How will it all come about? In the movie, Field of Dreams, 

 we heard whispers in the cornfield, "If you build it, they will 

 come." During the conference of the three days, I heard, "If 

 you fund it, the science will be done." 



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