Nuclear workers' heartbreak

[struggle4progress]

A group of sick workers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory gathered last week at the Livermore Public Library to tell their stories. They are members of an exclusive club that no one wants to join. It's the dues that are the killer.

Each of them either worked at the lab or was married to someone who was employed at the facility. There was talk of nuclear weapons experimentation, laser beams and top secret projects. That's what made the lab such an exciting place to work.

And then there was talk of cancer, surgery and death. Those are the stories that matter now.

Although the survivors' support group was a relatively small gathering, these people are just a part of a huge national story. The race to create and perfect nuclear weapons has taken, and continues to take, a terrible toll among the scientists, technicians and support personnel. Since 2000, nearly 100,000 work-related claims have been filed nationwide from nuclear weapons research sites. <snip>

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/02/BAG2EE1BO01.DTL

[Tikki]

1. The dues that kill....

...And then there was talk of cancer, surgery and death...

...a price too great for my family to forgive of this Industry...

RIP my dear sweet MIL...

Tikki

[oscar111]

2. uranium miners - 90% lung cancer

if i recall correctly. Anyone else recall it?

Mostly the miners are native americans in the southwest, i recall.

Imagine the lack of safety measures in uranium mines, third world.. like Pakistan.

"ALL URANIUM BACK IN THE GROUND"