Federal Board Approves Review of Denied Hanford Claims

An advisory board for the U.S. Department of Labor is recommending that an industrial hygienist review denied claims filed by workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state, according to a report by the Tri-City Herald. The Department of Labor’s official policy is that chemical exposure at the waste storage facility has been within regulatory limits, intended to keep workers safe since 1995. But the department’s Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health in February recommended that an industrial hygienist review denied claims filed by workers wh...