Business · 09/06/2011Updated: 10/17/2026 · 1 min read

HHS Announces Final Effect of Designation of Linde Ceramics Plant Employees to Special Exposure Cohort

Summary

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made a final decision regarding the addition of employees from the Linde Ceramics Plant in Tonawanda, New York, to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, which was announced on April 21, 2011.

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