Regulation & law · 30/12/2009

HHS to Evaluate Petition for Westinghouse Employees to Be Included in Special Exposure Cohort

The US Department of Health and Human Services has announced its decision to evaluate a petition to designate a class of Westinghouse Electric Corporation employees in New Jersey as part of the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, which covers employees who worked with atomic weapons between 1942 and 1949.