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Sen. Salazar goes to bat for Rocky Flats workers. - The Denver Post

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:27:22 -0000

Sen. Ken Salazar told reporters Wednesday that he would introduce legislation to address how workers from the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant are compensated for illnesses incurred as a result of exposure to radioactive materials.

He termed as "abhorrent" the manner in which the Department of Labor has managed programs intended to compensate employees for their illnesses.

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Costs of climate change, state-by-state: Billions... ( Climate change will carry a price t...)

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:14:44 -0000

Climate change will carry a price tag of billions of dollars for a number of U.S. states, says a new series of reports from the University of Maryland's Center for Integrative Environmental Research (CIER). The researchers conclude that the costs have already begun to accrue and are likely to endure.

Combining existing data with new analysis, the eight studies project the long term economic impact of climate change on Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey and Ohio. Studies on additional states are in the works.

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Wild Clearing - Between the Ice Ages - The Exposed: Poisoned Nuclear Workers

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:39:19 -0000

We're now developing a documentary on nuclear workers who have become poisoned by heavy metals, radiation and other contaminants and who are also struggling for adequate compensation for their illnesses for those who are yet alive but sick, and for acknowledgement that those who have died did so as a result of limited or no recognition that their illnesses were caused by exposure to contaminants, flawed human safety procedures and limited care.

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Las Vegas Now | Downwinder Screening May Come to an End

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:25:45 -0000

In 1958, Troy Wade worked at the Nevada Test Site. His knowledge of that era comes in handy as president of the Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas.

"The Soviet Union tested their own atomic bomb, and suddenly this country was faced with a very different problem. Instead of developing weapons to be used against another country, suddenly this country had to defend itself against nuclear weapons developed by somebody else. That led to the establishment of the Nevada Test Site in 1950," he said.

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Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:02:02 -0000

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Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:01:51 -0000

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Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:01:27 -0000

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FR Doc: NIOSH: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, to be included in the Special Exposure Cohort

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:36:23 -0000

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice as required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a decision to evaluate a petition to designate a class of employees at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, to be included in the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000.

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Compensation plan forged within cauldron of politics : Special Reports : The Rocky Mountain News

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:16:09 -0000

Richard Miller, a longtime union policy analyst, arrived in a formal Capitol Hill conference room in the summer of 2000 eager to share his ideas.

He had worked for years trying to help sick nuclear weapons workers. Now that the Clinton administration had dramatically reversed the federal government's decades-old policy of fighting workers' claims of job-related illness, it was time to iron out the details of a remedy for past harm.

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

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George Barrie is dying. His wife's advocacy work may have become a weapon against him : Special Reports : The Rocky Mountain News

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:15:11 -0000

The pain drives George Barrie from his bed about 3 a.m. — a nightly occurrence.

He leaves his sleeping wife and stumbles to his recliner in the living room. He sits down heavily, shifting his weight, trying to make the pain bearable.

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With a 25-pound liver, Janine Anderson was told she isn't too sick : Special Reports : The Rocky Mountain News

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:13:22 -0000

Janine Anderson spent seven years as a secretary at the Oak Ridge nuclear reservation, one of the nation's premier nuclear weapons development and production complexes.

But that safe-sounding office position didn't protect her from the toxic exposure that has ravaged her body. Her lungs are scarred with deadly beryllium, a key ingredient in atomic bombs. Her immune system is attacking her body, which harbors an array of heavy metals in toxic quantities. Her liver is so enlarged that it is threatening to burst through her abdominal wall.

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Mortality among Navajo uranium miners. -- Roscoe et al. 85 (4): 535 -- American Journal of Public Health

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:06:27 -0000

Another major review on the health and impacts of uranium mining on Dineh (Navajo) People.

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The History of Uranium Mining and the Navajo People -- Brugge and Goble 92 (9): 1410 -- American Journal of Public Health

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:03:06 -0000

This PDF Report is an extensive history of the history and impacts of uranium mining on the Navajo People

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Deadly denial: Nuclear weapons workers who risked their safety in the Cold War now must fight for compensation

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:30:32 -0000

ABOUT THE SERIES

Tens of thousands of America's former nuclear bomb builders are sick, dying or already dead because of their exposure to radiation and other poisons. You knew that.

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

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TEMPLE: Nuke workers need help not silence : Columns & Blogs : The Rocky Mountain News

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:44:44 -0000

They built the nuclear weapons that helped win World War II and the Cold War.

When the nation's future depended on them, they stood firm.

Now where is their government when they need its help?

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PDF: Benefits of Reducing Prenatal Exposure to Coal

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:26:16 -0000

Technical document on the childhood benefits of reducing coal usage

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KNDO/KNDU Tri-Cities, Yakima, WA | Hundreds of Former Hanford Workers Gather for Meeting on Cancer Payments

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:36:10 -0000

Hundreds of former workers stricken by cancer and their families gathered in Richland Thursday in search of more money.

The meeting comes after the U.S. Department of Labor extended benefits for former workers.

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knoxnews.com | Sick worker advocates want an audit of the auditors

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:38:11 -0000

The Alliance for Nuclear Workers Advocacy Groups is asking congressional panels to investigate issues that reportedly skewed an investigation by the Dept. of Labor's Inspector General into the claims process for sick nuclear workers and undid a scheduled interview with a key informant (Ann Block). Here's a copy of letter sent today by ANWAG.

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Pelvic Health and Rehabilitation Center - Contact Us

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:47:21 -0000

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Bladder Infections: Rapid Relief - Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman N.D., M.S.W., DHANP - HealthWorld Online

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:46:59 -0000

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