Business · 29/01/2010

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

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced its decision to evaluate a petition to designate a class of Linde Ceramics employees in Tonawanda, New York, for inclusion in the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, which covers employees who worked at the facility from November 1, 1947, to December 31, 1953.