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<h1>PRESS ADVISORY</h1><br><br><b>Tom Carpenter</b><br><br><i>Report to be released documents dozens of recent exposures to toxic chemical vapors requiring medical attention, and the failure of the U.S. DOE and contractors to protect worker health and safety</i><br><br><br><br>On Monday, several Hanford tank farm workers and the Government Accountability Project (GAP) will speak at a press conference about the documented failure of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and two of its contractors to protect Hanford nuclear waste tank farm workers from toxic chemical vapor exposure.  Speakers will detail recent incidents of exposure to toxic vapors which required medical attention, but were not hitherto reported publicly.</b>
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<br /></p>As DOE and tank farm contractor CH2M Hill Hanford Group rush to pump and treat the high level waste and “close” several tanks, the real cost of DOE’s quicker, cheaper “accelerated cleanup” plan is being borne by the Hanford workforce, whose health and safety are being sacrificed.  Over the 4 ½ years between 1987 and 1992, it took only 16 vapor releases requiring medical attention to trigger large scale investigations by the DOE, the then tank farm contractor Westinghouse, the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, the DOE’s Office of Inspector General, and, upon invitation, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and resulted in widespread changes onsite.  Now, over a decade later, GAP’s report chronicles enormous increases in hazardous worker exposures.  
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<br /></p>NEWS CONFERENCE
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<br /></p>WHO:		Hanford tank farm workers
<br /></p>Tom Carpenter & Clare Gilbert, Government Accountability Project
<br />		Tim Jarvis, PhD., toxicologist
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<br /></P>WHEN:	Monday, September 15, 2003
<br />		11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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<br /></P>WHERE:	Hanford Red Lion Inn, Richland 
<br />802 George Washington Way
<br />Richland, WA 99352
<br />(509) 946-7611 for directions:   
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<br /></p>Copies of the full report will be available at the press conference. 
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<br />
<br /></p>As DOE and tank farm contractor CH2M Hill Hanford Group rush to pump and treat the high level waste and “close” several tanks, the real cost of DOE’s quicker, cheaper “accelerated cleanup” plan is being borne by the Hanford workforce, whose health and safety are being sacrificed.  Over the 4 ½ years between 1987 and 1992, it took only 16 vapor releases requiring medical attention to trigger large scale investigations by the DOE, the then tank farm contractor Westinghouse, the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, the DOE’s Office of Inspector General, and, upon invitation, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and resulted in widespread changes onsite.  Now, over a decade later, GAP’s report chronicles enormous increases in hazardous worker exposures.  
<br />
<br /></p>NEWS CONFERENCE
<br />
<br /></p>WHO:		Hanford tank farm workers
<br /></p>Tom Carpenter & Clare Gilbert, Government Accountability Project
<br />		Tim Jarvis, PhD., toxicologist
<br />
<br /></P>WHEN:	Monday, September 15, 2003
<br />		11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
<br />
<br /></P>WHERE:	Hanford Red Lion Inn, Richland 
<br />802 George Washington Way
<br />Richland, WA 99352
<br />(509) 946-7611 for directions:   
<br />
<br /></p>Copies of the full report will be available at the press conference. 
<br />
<br /></P>###
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