Sick workers seek justice (nuclear bomb makers)

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Sick workers seek justice (nuclear bomb makers) | RMN

Sick workers seek justice
But many nuclear laborers die before feds process claims

By Ann Imse, Rocky Mountain News
February 21, 2004

George Barrie and his wife, Terrie, drive down a dusty country road near Craig to their mailbox every day, hoping against hope.

The Barries are checking for a letter from the government admitting that George's debilitating ailments were caused by the plutonium he inhaled at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant near Denver.

The fateful decision was due by the beginning of December. They are still waiting.

More at the Rocky Mountain News

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