Setback for Ill Workers at Nuclear Bomb Plant
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A federal advisory panel has recommended that former workers at a nuclear weapons plant be denied immediate government compensation.
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The head of the largest program tracking the health of World Trade Center site workers said several have developed rare blood cell cancers, raising fears that cancer will become a "third wave" of illnesses among those exposed to toxic dust after Sept. 11.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan -- The mayor ordered that a nuclear power plant hit by a strong earthquake be shut down today until its safety could be confirmed after a long list of problems -- including radiation leaks, burst pipes, and fires -- came to light.
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Â· Government failed to follow up patients at riskÂ· Danger of wider infection a 'serious problem'
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Residents, workers and students who returned to Lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11 attack say that their medical problems have largely been overlooked.
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It was part of the job, but so many senior members perished and those who survived are suffering crippling illnesses
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Dozens of Idaho residents who claim nuclear tests conducted during the 1950s made them sick asked a panel of scientists on Saturday to recommend that the U.S. government compensate them.
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People struck down by a stomach bug sweeping the country are urged by doctors not to go back to work for 48 hours.
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A plan to stockpile pills to protect against one of the contaminants that would spread the farthest in a nuclear power plant leak appears to have slipped through the cracks.
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Hundreds of brain cancer patients in France and perhaps others in the United States may be contacted about their radiation treatments from malfunctioning machines, which were ordered shut down by the French government after a manufacturer's warning.
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Some facilities that handle the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile misplaced classified bomb components under their care, according to an Energy Department audit.
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A nuclear plant hit by an earthquake may not be allowed to reopen for more than a year, Japanese reports say.
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Japanese officials Saturday inspected a nuclear plant that leaked small amounts of radioactive material after a major earthquake.
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Water containing some radioactive materials leaked from a nuclear power plant in Japan after a strong earthquake Monday, a spokesman for the firm running the facility said.
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Japanese nuclear inspectors have identified a new radioactive leak at a power plant that was badly damaged in this week's earthquake, compounding concerns about the safety of the country's nuclear reactors.
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Radiation detectors set up to alert authorities to potential dirty bombs are sounding the alarm about some unlikely suspects: patients who have had tests or treatments using radioactive medicines.
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Employees who drag themselves to work while sick - even with a simple cold â-an double their risk of heart disease, new research shows.