Compensation rules eased for Hanford

By Annette Cary, Tri-City Heral
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/10/20/2142075/compensation-rules-eased-for-hanford.html 
Rules have been eased to offer $150,000 compensation to more nuclear workers who contracted cancer after working at Hanford as recently as 1983.

Previously, the eased rules, which are allowed for groups designated "special exposure cohorts," were available for workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation from Oct. 1, 1943, through June 30, 1972……..

The covered cancers, with some restrictions, include bone cancer, renal cancer, some leukemias, lung cancer, multiple myeloma, some lymphomas and primary cancers of the bile ducts, brain, breast, colon, esophagus, gall bladder, liver, ovary, pancreas, pharynx, salivary gland, small intestine, stomach, thyroid and bladder……..