Judge Throws Out Hanford Claim

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

As previously mentioned .... the article refers to Spokane.. but,, we 
all do know that .....

Judge Throws Out Hanford Claim (Spokane) -- A federal judge has 
thrown out thousands of claims from people in three states who 
lived downwind from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. About 45-
hundred plaintiffs file suit against former contractors at the 
Spokane facility, claiming releases of radiation were hazardous to 
their health. U-S District Judge Rank McDonald ruled the case is 
too complex for a jury to decide. The federal government has 
admitted that secret releases from Hanford between 1945 and the 
early 1960's may have led to health problems from people living 
downwind in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. 

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