U.S. reaches settlement for 12 radiatio

[JMUCKERHEIDE@delphi.com]

> U.S. reaches settlement for 12 radiation victims

Dishonest. What about 1000s of military experiments with 100s - 1000s rem from 
nasal radium treatments that the task force refused to acknowledge/notify?
(even though the only group to meet the criteria) with evidence of harm (brain 
cancer and Graves disorder) from an early study at Johns Hopkins of 900+? 
(With O'Leary's "ethicist" head of the effort from Johns Hopkins, working with 
Johns Hopkins PR on "damage control" at the same time, since Johns Hopkins
developed the treatment and made $millions on later wholesale treatment of
(according to CDC) "at least" 500,000, up to 2.6 million children (now in
their 40s and early 50s) with potentially massive consequences. 

Thanks.

Regards, Jim Muckerheide
jmuckerheide@delphi.com
Radiation, Science, and Health, Inc.
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> 
> The U.S. government agreed to a $4.8
> million settlement with the families of 12 victims of secret
> radiation tests, one of the attorneys for the families said
> Monday.
>      Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary was due to announce the
> settlement Tuesday at a meeting of the American Public Health
> Association in New York, Energy Department spokeswoman Anne
> Elliott said. She declined to comment on the terms of the
> agreement.
>      Each of the families will receive $400,000, said Ray Heslin
> of the New York law firm Gold, Farrell and Marks. O'Leary is
> also due to make a public apology to the families on behalf of
> the government at a future date, he said.
>      The settlement covers 12 out of 18 victims whom the Clinton
> administration last year promised to compensate for harm done by
> the government in its Cold War-era radiation tests, Elliott
> said.
>      All but one of the victims were injected with plutonium
> without their consent in experiments that were coordinated at
> the University of Rochester to test the potential effects of
> nuclear fallout.
>      Only one of the 18 victims -- Mary Jean Connell, who was
> injected with uranium -- is still alive, according to Heslin.
>      The attorneys are handling the cases of three other victims
> whose families were found a little later than the other 12.
> Heslin said it was unclear why the other three cases were not
> being settled at the same time.
>      ``If they're settling, they should be paying them the same
> amount as everybody else,'' he said.
>      Other lawsuits against the government are still pending,
> including one involving prisoners in Oregon whose families are
> seeking $250 million in damages.
>      O'Leary led the effort to declassify top-secret documents on the
> radiation experiments.
> 
> Sandy Perle
> Director, Technical Operations
> ICN Dosimetry Division
> Office: (800) 548-5100 Ext. 2306 
> Fax: (714) 668-3149
> 
> E-Mail: sandyfl@ix.netcom.com