Hanford Watch

Health

2008

Hanford worker dies day before ruling in lawsuit -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 13
Cold War Patriots About CWP -- Hanford email list, May 14
New website launched for ill Hanford workers -- Tri-city Herald, April 15
"Downwinders" can sue over Hanford issues -- Seattle Times, April 6

2007

Hanford workers with cancer may be compensated -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 26

2006

Worker complaints draw changes -- Tri-City Herald, October 26
Hanford workers' medical care compromised and delayed -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 19
DOE combines 2 safety-related offices -- Tri-City Herald, August 31
Study ties thyroid ills to Hanford -- The Seattle Times, July 27
Columbia River toxins moving up food chain -- The Seattle Times, July 10
Hanford Downwinders' Wait Hasn't Ended -- Houston Chronicle, June 9
Study says Hanford Workers' Compensation System Meets Standards -- West News, April 11
No new trial for Hanford downwinder -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 23

2005

Cantwell seeks new review of benefits for Hanford workers -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 4
11 fired Hanford workers awarded millions -- The Seattle Times, September 3
Video helps doctors dealing with patients exposed at Hanford -- Tri-City Herald, August 16
State Labor Department to review Hanford claims -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 10
Industry manufactures uncertainty to distort health risks -- The Nation, July 20
Dream of a Nuclear Nightmare -- Paige Knight & Richard Fash, July 16
Downwinders: An unkind cut -- Daily Herald, July 16
DOE warns CH2M Hill about exposure -- Tri-City Herald, July 13
Cancer Risks for Women and Children Due to Radiation Exposure Far Higher Than for Men -- IEER, July 11
Hanford safety panel to be created -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 28
Hanford: Acknowledging damage -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 24
Hanford likely caused cancer downwind, jury decides -- The Seattle Times, May 20
Jury rules against most Hanford downwinders in lawsuit -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 19
Nuke Facility ‘Downwinders’ Take Energy Department to Court -- The News Standard, May 9
CH2M Hill Hanford to study health of tank farm workers -- Tri-City Herald, May 3
Idaho downwinders update -- Hanford email list, April 29
Hanford health-effects trial opens -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 26
Attorneys spar in Hanford downwinders hearing -- Spokesman-Review, April 14
Downwinder lawsuits reduced -- Tri-City Herald, April 13
Hanford radioactivity -- killer or 'no effect'? -- Rudi Nussbaum & Charles Grossman, The Oregonian, April 11
Downwinders protest Nevada test site museum -- Downwinders Opposed to Nuclear Testing, Feb. 18
Newspaper: Hanford dose study was suspect -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Feb. 14
Hanford Community Health Project launches campaign -- Tri-City Herald Feb. 1 (Note: HCHP is at http://www.hanfordhealth.info/.)
Hanford radiation study completed -- Tri-City Herald, Jan. 17
Judge asked to apply worker rules to downwinders -- The Seattle Times, Jan. 14

2004

250 downwinders added to suit -- Tri-City Herald, December 16, 2004
No cancer link to Hanford found -- Health Central, November 30, 2004
Downwinders win ruling on emissions -- The Seattle Times, November 7, 2004
Judge gets science lesson in downwinders case -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 29, 2004
Hanford downwinders up against study results -- Tri-City Herald, October 29th, 2004
Study: Risk of thyroid cancer rises with increasing radiation dose -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 2, 2004
The Forgotten Downwinders -- Boise Weekly, August 18, 2004
Downwinder response is inadequate -- St. George Daily Spectrum, August 10, 2004
Judge won't drop downwinders from lawsuit -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 24, 2004
Program screening ex-Hanford workers to end in September -- Tri-City Herald, July 21, 2004
Hanford needs outside health monitor -- The Seattle Times, July 29, 2004
Hanford's vapors may pose health risk -- The Seattle Times, July 17, 2004

Plutonium cancer risk may be higher than thought -- New Scientist, July 18, 2004
Radioactive Waste In Columbia Riverbed To Be Checked By Ecology Department -- The RadioActivist Campaign, July 1, 2004
Probes find no criminal misconduct in Hanford worker treatment -- KGW - June 2, 2004
Hanford injury reports doubted -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 25, 2004
Hanford tank workers to get clean-air equipment -- Washington Post, April 22, 2004
DOE seeks more funds to process worker health claims -- Tri-City Herald, April 22, 2004
Payments to nuclear workers picking up -- Tri-City Herald, April 20, 2004
Hanford medical provider sues company that wins new contract -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 14, 2004
Hanford workers fear health problems tied to vapors -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 9, 2004
Corporate deep pockets make it hard to sue the bastards -- Eugene Weekly, April 1, 2004
"Government contractor defense" striken in downwinders lawsuits -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 31, 2004
Criticism growing over Hanford worker safety -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 25, 2004
Clinic at Hanford Nuclear Site Under Fire -- National Public Radio -- March 11, 2004
DUEFSSES and CONpensation Shell Game -- National Nuclear Workers for Justice -- March 8, 2004
Hanford worker safety is community concern -- Tri-City Herald, March 7, 2004
Downwinder plaintiff drops out of suit -- Tri-City Herald, March 5, 2004
Health-care contractor at Hanford investigated -- Seattle Times, Feb. 25, 2004
Few Hanford workers seek nuclear ailment compensation -- Tri-City Herald, Feb. 11, 2004
Hanford health group disbands -- Tri-City Herald, Jan. 23, 2004
Knowledge of Hanford harm disputed -- Tri-City Herald, Jan. 23, 2004

2003

Bechtel at OMSI: less than half the real story -- Joanne Oleksiak, Portland Alliance, August 2003
The Legacy of Hanford -- Robert Alvarez, The Nation, August 18, 2003
Judge unseals evaluation of Hanford study -- The Spokesman-Review, June 5, 2003

2002

Danger of living in Portland, Oregon due to Hanford Nuclear Facility -- Lynn Porter, June 24, 2002

2001

Hanford downwinders health issues


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