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To this day the Atomic Energy Commission shies away from discussing the health aspects of fallout.

A recent study on radiation exposure by the AEC's division of biology and medicine stated: `` The question of the biological effect of ( radiation ) doses is not considered '' herein.

Of course, the AEC is in a bind now.

If it comes down too hard on the potential dangers of fallout, it will box the President on resuming atmospheric tests.

So the Commission's announcements of the new Soviet shots have been confined to one or two bleak sentences, with the fission yield usually left vague.