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Judge refuses to drop Hanford downwinders from lawsuit

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 10th, 2004

A federal judge has refused to drop from a lawsuit hundreds of people who believe their health was harmed by radioactive releases from the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state.

About 1,800 people have filed lawsuits against former contractors at Hanford, claiming they have thyroid disease, cancer or other illnesses because of radioactive material released from the site when plutonium was made during World War II and the Cold War.

Attorneys for contractors at the site have argued that some of the plaintiffs, often called downwinders, filed suit too late and should be dropped from the lawsuit.

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2004-08-10)

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