Results for keyword: Health Problems
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Worker fallout
Some sick workers from Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant may receive compensation quickly, but most must wait
by Christine Hoekenga, Nov 20, 2007 -
Navajos pay for industry's mistakes
The federal Radiation Exposure Compensation Act was created to compensate uranium miners and mill workers sickened by their jobs, but on the Navajo Reservation, Dr. Bruce Baird Struminger says the program has proved flawed
by Laura Paskus, Sep 24, 2006 -
Downwinders say fallout study numbers don't add up
A controversial study says only a fraction of cancer cases can be attributed to nuclear fallout in the U.S.
by Brett Wilkison, Feb 20, 2006 -
Cold War workers seek compensation
Former employees of Los Alamos National Laboratory are seeking information about and compensation for serious health problems caused by their work with radiation and other toxic materials
by Laura Paskus, Nov 24, 2003 -
Contamination uncovered at Energy office
Beryllium contamination in a Las Vegas Energy Department complex may have come from a 1965 nuclear reactor explosion, some 85 miles away
by Puanani Mench, Oct 13, 2003 -
Critical mass
In "Learning to Glow: A Nuclear Reader," editor John Bradley pulls together the stories of downwinders, veterans and other Americans who have paid the price of this country's invisible nuclear history.
by Marilyn Abildskov, Dec 03, 2001 -
Downwinders fight for their due
Protesters in Salt Lake City charge that the federal government has yet to fully compensate people in Utah, Nevada and Idaho whose health was harmed by the nuclear-bomb testing that started 50 years ago.
by Tim Westby, Mar 12, 2001 -
Court enforces a healthy environment
The Montana Supreme Court says that the provision in the state's constitution that guarantees residents "a clean and healthful environment" protects the state's natural resources from actual, proven damage and potential harm.
by Andrea Barnett, Nov 08, 1999 -
A cover-up over fallout?
The National Cancer Institute has been sitting on a study that says up to 72,000 people - many living far from nuclear bomb test sites in Nevada - may have been exposed to dangerous amounts of radiation in the 1950s.
by Karen Dorn Steele, Aug 18, 1997 -
Hanford workers point the finger
Four workers at the Hanford, Wash., plutonium reclamation facility say they are still suffering health problems after a May 14 accident at the facility.
by Emily Miller, Jul 07, 1997
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