Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources
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Category : Government liability
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1981
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources
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Category : Government liability
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Publisher:
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Category : Government liability
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1981: Hearings held October 27, 1981
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources
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Category : Government liability
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Publisher:
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Category : Government liability
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1981: Hearings held April 8, 1982
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources
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Category : Government liability
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Publisher:
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Category : Government liability
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1981
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources
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Category : Government liability
Languages : en
Pages : 442
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Category : Government liability
Languages : en
Pages : 442
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Assessment of the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309096103
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was set up by Congress in 1990 to compensate people who have been diagnosed with specified cancers and chronic diseases that could have resulted from exposure to nuclear-weapons tests at various U.S. test sites. Eligible claimants include civilian onsite participants, downwinders who lived in areas currently designated by RECA, and uranium workers and ore transporters who meet specified residence or exposure criteria. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which oversees the screening, education, and referral services program for RECA populations, asked the National Academies to review its program and assess whether new scientific information could be used to improve its program and determine if additional populations or geographic areas should be covered under RECA. The report recommends Congress should establish a new science-based process using a method called "probability of causation/assigned share" (PC/AS) to determine eligibility for compensation. Because fallout may have been higher for people outside RECA-designated areas, the new PC/AS process should apply to all residents of the continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, and overseas US territories who have been diagnosed with specific RECA-compensable diseases and who may have been exposed, even in utero, to radiation from U.S. nuclear-weapons testing fallout. However, because the risks of radiation-induced disease are generally low at the exposure levels of concern in RECA populations, in most cases it is unlikely that exposure to radioactive fallout was a substantial contributing cause of cancer.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309096103
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was set up by Congress in 1990 to compensate people who have been diagnosed with specified cancers and chronic diseases that could have resulted from exposure to nuclear-weapons tests at various U.S. test sites. Eligible claimants include civilian onsite participants, downwinders who lived in areas currently designated by RECA, and uranium workers and ore transporters who meet specified residence or exposure criteria. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which oversees the screening, education, and referral services program for RECA populations, asked the National Academies to review its program and assess whether new scientific information could be used to improve its program and determine if additional populations or geographic areas should be covered under RECA. The report recommends Congress should establish a new science-based process using a method called "probability of causation/assigned share" (PC/AS) to determine eligibility for compensation. Because fallout may have been higher for people outside RECA-designated areas, the new PC/AS process should apply to all residents of the continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, and overseas US territories who have been diagnosed with specific RECA-compensable diseases and who may have been exposed, even in utero, to radiation from U.S. nuclear-weapons testing fallout. However, because the risks of radiation-induced disease are generally low at the exposure levels of concern in RECA populations, in most cases it is unlikely that exposure to radioactive fallout was a substantial contributing cause of cancer.
Compensation for Exposure to Hazardous Substances
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
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Category : Carcinogens
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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Category : Carcinogens
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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Radiation Cancer Liability
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources
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Category : Carcinogenesis
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Category : Carcinogenesis
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Hazards
Author: National Academy of Engineering
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309036445
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
"In the burgeoning literature on technological hazards, this volume is one of the best," states Choice in a three-part approach, it addresses the moral, scientific, social, and commercial questions inherent in hazards management. Part I discusses how best to regulate hazards arising from chronic, low-level exposures and from low-probability events when science is unable to assign causes or estimate consequences of such hazards; Part II examines fairness in the distribution of risks and benefits of potentially hazardous technologies; and Part III presents practical lessons and cautions about managing hazardous technologies. Together, the three sections put hazard management into perspective, providing a broad spectrum of views and information.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309036445
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
"In the burgeoning literature on technological hazards, this volume is one of the best," states Choice in a three-part approach, it addresses the moral, scientific, social, and commercial questions inherent in hazards management. Part I discusses how best to regulate hazards arising from chronic, low-level exposures and from low-probability events when science is unable to assign causes or estimate consequences of such hazards; Part II examines fairness in the distribution of risks and benefits of potentially hazardous technologies; and Part III presents practical lessons and cautions about managing hazardous technologies. Together, the three sections put hazard management into perspective, providing a broad spectrum of views and information.
Injuries and Damages from Hazardous Wastes: The report and comments
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Category : Damages
Languages : en
Pages : 936
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Publisher:
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Category : Damages
Languages : en
Pages : 936
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 912
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Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 912
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