[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, RADIATION: Fernald (OH) medical monitoring

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Fernald tests find problems, save lives

Nearby resident: Program 'one of the
best things that ever happened to me'

By Dan Horn
Cincinnati Enquirer (OH)
January 15, 2011

Robin Brandenburg was skeptical when she first heard about the medical 
monitoring program for residents living near the Fernald uranium foundry.

She'd grown up a few miles from the facility and, like thousands of her 
neighbors, she was upset when she found out radioactive dust had 
contaminated the soil and water.

...

The medical monitoring program at Fernald is perhaps the most 
extraordinary legacy of a court case that formally ended last month 
after 26 years.

The program, part of a $78 million settlement between the government and 
residents, is the largest of its kind in the country and involves almost 
10,000 people who live near the old Fernald plant in Crosby Township.

...


For the entire article, see
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110115/NEWS01/101160337/Fernald-tests-save-lives

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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
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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