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TWICE A YEAR, The Department of Energy (DOE) goes to Micronesia to take toll of the damage caused by the repeated explosion of nuclear weaponry in the Marshall Islands. Usually the examinations involve a checking of thyroid glands, Darlene Keju, a Marshallese says, but only those who were around during the explosion of a 1954 hydrogen bomb are examined. "They are only interested in studies using us as guinea pigs," Keju says, adding that the recent generations of Marshallese are used as a control group for the tests...
Most recently, the U.S. Pentagon had expressed an interest in using Micronesia for a jungle warfare training bases. Already a site for nuclear waste dumping by the U.S. and other world powers, the islanders have appealed to the United Nations for a voice in their own destiny...
...Marshall Islands control over their internal and foreign affairs, so long as it does not conflict with U.S. authority for security and defense. Such an agreement is the equivalent of telling an elephant it has the right to fly, knowing that it possess no such capability. As one Micronesia representative remarked...
...UNITED STATES government, in the instance of Micronesia has perverted the meaning of the word trust, leaving unfulfilled most of the tenets of the U. N. Charter. The quality of life, the excessive exposure to radiation, the threat to future generations of Micronese demands the attention of the international community. The horrors of nuclear fallout should not have to be suffered...
...Nuclear-Free Pacific movement has begun to challenge the escalating military presence in the region. The New England Pacific Coalition, a local network of peace and nuclear disarmament organizations, has kept close attention on the developments in Micronesia. Given the atrocities imposed upon Micronesia for the benefits of U.S. security, the need for greater American concern for the issue cannot be overstated...