President Biden chooses Advisory Board Chair
President Biden has designated Henry A. Anderson, M.D., as the Chair of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH), effective June 2, 2021. ABRWH has been without a…
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DOE workers relocate; Paducah storage building to be…
By Amber Ruch | KFVS PADUCAH, Ky. (KFVS) - A maintenance and storage building at a U.S. Department of Energy uranium enrichment site is closer to being deactivated and demolished.…
DEEOIC Webinar: Policy Directives and Future Webinars
The Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation (DEEOIC) recently held a webinar providing information and background about the various policies they issue. They explained that all directives are geared…
NIOSH answers questions on dose reconstruction/SEC petition
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) posted responses to some Frequently Asked Questions to their website concerning the pause on processing dose reconstructions…
Cyberattacks Grind Workers’ Benefit Program to a Halt
By Seattle Times Patrick Malone Cyber attacks on the U.S. government have abruptly paused processing of benefit applications for workers who were sickened while working…
What’s New at ANWAG?
NIOANWASH Institutes Moratorium on Dose Reconstructions Without any notice to claimants or other stakeholders, NIOSH instituted a moratorium on reconstructing dose and activities involving SEC petitions on…
NIOSH Places Hold on Dose Reconstruction Claims and…
Effective May 3, 2021, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has placed a hold on processing claims that need a dose reconstruction and activities involved with the…
An Ohio Town Grapples with Tearing Down a…
April 28, 2021 | The Wall Street Journal By Kris Maher Photos by Andrew Spear PIKETON, Ohio—Through the trees around her home, Elizabeth Lamerson can see part of the 70-year-old…
Board Advising the DEEOIC holds first public meeting…
The Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health held a virtual meeting April 22-23, 2021. Mr. Christopher Godfrey replaced Julia Hearthway as the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Director of…
Advisory Board to NIOSH Holds Virtual Meeting
The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health held a virtual meeting on April 14-15, 2021. The highly anticipated item on the agenda was the discussion on whether the petition…