Israeli court rules cancer caused by radiation

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@ix.netcom.com>]

The following should be of interest to Radsafers, in that a court has 
ruled a cancer was due to occupational radiation exposure..

   
JERUSALEM, Oct 12 (AFP) - An Israeli court has ordered the  
government to pay 700,000 dollars compensation to the family of a 
victim of radiation at one of the country's nuclear plants, the 
Yediot Aharonot daily said Sunday.    The Tel Aviv court accused the 
management of the Dimona nuclear centre in the southern Negev desert 
of "having treated the needs of employees for protection with 
contempt," describing their attitude as "revolting," said the paper. 
   It ruled during the past week that the cancer which killed Haim
Ita, who died in 1989, had been caused by radiation and that his
family should be compensated. 
   Relatives of Ita and other employees who contracted illnesses while
working in the Jewish state's nuclear industry have been fighting a
battle for compensation against the state for several years. 
   The court's ruling goes against the judgement of Israel's atomic
energy commission, which has consistenly ruled that all secrecy
measures surrounding the Dimona plant should be maintained for
security reasons. 
   Israel has never admitted to possessing nuclear weapons, but 
according to foreign military analysts between 100 and 200 nuclear
bombs have been made at Dimona. 
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