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Iowa Workers Informed About Benefits Available for Atomic Energy Related Illness

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The US Department of Labor's Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program pays compensation for illnesses caused by work for the US Department of Energy.
 
In Iowa, current and past employees of Ames Laboratory, which performed atomic energy research in the 1940s and 1950s, were recently informed about how to file claims.
 
Silicosis is one of the diseases contracted by these workers, along with cancer and chronic beryllium disease.

Energy workers informed about benefits

DesMoinesRegister.com - 3/21/2006 5:35 AM

About 30 people attended a town hall-style meeting Monday night intended to inform current and former Ames Laboratory employees and other workers in the atomic energy industry how to file claims for medical benefits for occupation-related sicknesses.
 
The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program, which has already paid out more than $1.5 billion nationally, including $42 million to 469 Iowans, is intended to provide compensation for illnesses such as radiogenic cancer, chronic beryllium disease and chronic silicosis caused by working for the U.S. Depar
 
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