From: | CPEO Moderator <cpeo@cpeo.org> |
Date: | 12 Jun 2001 20:22:13 -0000 |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] "Research confirms IAAP dangers" |
Research confirms IAAP dangers By Dennis J. Carroll The Hawk Eye • Team finds workers were exposed to a variety of hazards. Findings by a University of Iowa health team support Middletown munition workers' claims that they were exposed to a wide variety of dangerous materials that may have caused long-term illnesses and even deaths. The team, led by Dr. Laurence Fuortes of the U of I College of Public Health, has issued its first-year report detailing the working conditions and the hazardous materials often encountered by hundreds, if not thousands, of workers at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant. The Atomic Energy Commission assembled, test-fired and in later years, disassembled nuclear weapons and their components at IAAP from the late 1940s to the mid-1970s. continued... http://www.thehawkeye.com/daily/stories/ln10069.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
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