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Since that time generations of Micronesians have shown signs of radiation exposure. In addition to the constant recurrence of children born with birth defects, retardation, and miscarriages among Micronese food supply has been drastically Instead of the typical fruit, vegetable and seafood diet once common throughout the Islands, the Micronesia from the United States. "Most of our traditional foods are contaminated," Keju says. "Our fish come out of the water already poisoned. Our fruits come out a different color and shape than they are supposed...
Programs already poorly implemented in the United States, such as food stamps compensation, have been exported to Micronesia--with adverse effects, since no studies were done to see whether U.S. policy would work in Micronesia. And while Micronesians pledge allegiance to the United States flag and are eligible for U.S. university scholarships, they have no voice in U.S. government. The Peace Corps also has several groups assigned to Micronesia. The result, says Giff Johnson, a U.S. journalist and activist is "an extension of American values through Micronesia a way to hide the conflicting strategic interests that go with the Trusteeship...
...Nuclear Free Pacific movement has nevertheless struggled to keep Micronesia in the American political pictures. Now married, Keju and Johnson spend countless hours organizing, teaching and talking about Micronesia and its relationship to the United States, and about the health quality of islanders living in Micronesia...
Together with Keju, a public health specialist, Johnson says an independent research survey of health conditions in Micronesia is underway. It is the first such study, outside of the DOE and some more limited attempts by Japanese scientists, to find evidence of the true health conditions of Micronesians...
MEANWHILE, many of the islands are working toward free association, which would give them greater economic aid in exchange for, in some causes, specific military rights for the U.S. The Mariana Islands on Micronesia now have commonwealth status...