Mallinckrodt Chemical Company Employees Eligible for Special Exposure Cohort Evaluation

Summary

The US Department of Health and Human Services has announced a decision to review a petition submitted by a group of Mallinckrodt Chemical Company employees in Saint Louis, Missouri, to determine if they should be included in the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, which covers workers who performed atomic energy-related tasks at the Destrehan Street Plant between 1942 and 1957.