KOBTV.com - LANL workers may get compensated for radiation exposure
KOBTV.com - LANL workers may get compensated for radiation exposure: "LANL workers may get compensated for radiation exposure
Last Update: 10/03/2006 10:14:28 AM
By: Associated Press
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) - Los Alamos National Laboratory workers who developed cancer after being exposed to a radioactive substance during two decades of nuclear weapons experiments may soon qualify for automatic payments from the government.
A staffer for Representative Tom Dual says it�s not clear how many workers will be eligible. The New Mexico Democrat has been working to make sure the group is a broad as possible.
Between September 1st, 1944, and July 18th, 1963, lab employees set off about 250 tests of atomic bomb components using a substance called radioactive lanthanum.
Officials now say that substance endangered the health of workers who were exposed to it.
The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, which helps determine whether to compensate sick Cold War-era workers, last month recommended the radioactive lanthanum workers be included in a group eligible for automatic compensation.
Their recommendation ultimately will be sent to Congress.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Last Update: 10/03/2006 10:14:28 AM
By: Associated Press
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) - Los Alamos National Laboratory workers who developed cancer after being exposed to a radioactive substance during two decades of nuclear weapons experiments may soon qualify for automatic payments from the government.
A staffer for Representative Tom Dual says it�s not clear how many workers will be eligible. The New Mexico Democrat has been working to make sure the group is a broad as possible.
Between September 1st, 1944, and July 18th, 1963, lab employees set off about 250 tests of atomic bomb components using a substance called radioactive lanthanum.
Officials now say that substance endangered the health of workers who were exposed to it.
The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, which helps determine whether to compensate sick Cold War-era workers, last month recommended the radioactive lanthanum workers be included in a group eligible for automatic compensation.
Their recommendation ultimately will be sent to Congress.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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