[CPEO-MEF] Chemist Whistleblower Wins $1.5 Million Judgment Against Army

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Chemist Whistleblower Wins $1.5 Million Judgment Against Army
By DEBORAH FUNK

A whistleblower who raised safety and environmental concerns at the
Army?s Dugway Proving Ground, the Utah facility that tests equipment to
protect against chemical and biological warfare agents, has been awarded
a $1.5 million judgment in the first round of a legal battle.

A Labor Department administrative law judge ruled Aug. 8 in favor of
David W. Hall, a civilian chemist who had raised safety concerns about
the base, including charges of potential human exposure to toxins.

Labor?s Office of Administrative Law Judges adjudicates cases involving
airline, nuclear, environmental and commercial trucking whistleblowers.

Hall, who worked at Dugway from 1987 to 1997, filed a complaint against
the Army for harassment and for forcing him to retire after he made the
allegations about improper handling and disposal of hazardous material.

Among Hall?s allegations were that the Army could have contaminated
drinking water by its practice of dumping chemicals down a drain and may
have issued a gas mask that absorbed rather than blocked chemicals.

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