2007 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: 26 Oct 2007 04:07:12 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Chapman Valve, Indian Orchard, MA
 
Chapman Valve workers radiation claims in limbo


By JO-ANN MORIARTY
Springfield Republican (MA)
October 23, 2007

WASHINGTON - On the eve of the demolition of the Chapman Valve plant in Springfield, most former workers who have filed for compensation for exposure to radioactivity have received nothing.

Of 406 claims that have been filed for compensation, only 63 have been approved for payment, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. No new approvals have come in the last year and a half.

The 63 former workers have received a total of $5.1 million.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today held an oversight hearing on progress of a federal program in giving compensation or benefits to workers.


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For the entire article, see
http://blog.masslive.com/breakingnews/2007/10/chapman_valve_workers_radiatio.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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