Nuclear Worker Advocates “Baffled” by Relapse
A federal advisory board overseeing compensation for nuclear weapons workers exposed to toxic substances is in limbo after a lapse in appointments, raising concerns from advocates for current and former…
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Ames Laboratory Granted Additional Special Exposure Cohort (SEC)…
On February 1, 2018, the following Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) was added. All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked in…
Idaho National Laboratory added SEC Class
Pursuant to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA) a petition was filed on behalf of workers at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in Scoville, Idaho…
NIOSH Advisory Board Public Meeting
The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health will hold a public meeting on April 11, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel…
Trump officials let nuclear workers’ health board lapse
From The New Mexican Trump officials let nuclear workers' health board lapse. Read the entire article here.
DOL Responds to CWP Inquiry About Advisory Board
On February 9th Tim Lerew, Chairperson for the Cold War Patriots Advisory Committee, sent a letter to Julia Hearthway, the U.S. Department of Labor's Director of the Office of Worker…
Cold War Patriots Ask DOL to Reappoint Advisory…
The term for most members of the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health expires on February 16, 2018. Cold War Patriots sent a letter to Julie Hearthway, Director…
Advisory Board Teleconference
The Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health’s Subcommittee on the Site Exposure Matrices will hold a teleconference on January 30, 2018 from 1 pm to…
Subcommittee of Advisory Board Clarifies Recommendations
The Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health’s (ABTSWH) Subcommittee on the Site Exposure Matrices (SEM) had a short teleconference to review the drafts of revised recommendations. In April…
DOL Updates Site Exposure Matrices (SEM)
The Department of Labor (DOL) has updated the Site Exposure Matrices (SEM). New information is now available for 24 DOE sites including the Mound Plant, DeSoto Avenue Facility, Idaho National…