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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Funded by a contract from the United States Department of Energy (DOE), and managed by Queens College of the City University of New York, the Worker Health Protection Program (WHPP) provides free medical screenings for former workers and current workers at various DOE sites. The screenings have been designed to check for adverse health outcomes related to occupational exposures including asbestos, beryllium, silica, welding fumes, lead, cadmium, chromium, and solvents.
Employees eligible for the screenings would have worked at any of the following locations: Gaseous Diffusion Plants (GDPs) in Oak Ridge, TN, Paducah, KY and Portsmouth, OH; the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in Idaho Falls, ID; Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) and Y-12 in Oak Ridge, TN and two closure sites: Mound in Miamisburg, OH and Fernald in Harrison, OH.
The goal of the program is to provide medical screenings to detect work-related illnesses at an early stage as well as helping workers determine if a current health condition is the result of a work-related exposure.
Exposure to asbestos is known to cause mesothelioma, asbestosis, and other respiratory diseases.
Labels: asbestos
posted by Nancy Meredith at 11:28 AM
