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For comparison, see other incriminating USDOL statistics / exhibits beginning on Page 69.
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QUESTION: “Why haven’t more Hanford claimants come forward to submit their EEOICPA claims” is an expression that is redundantly reiterated by the USDOL employees.
NOTE: According to Dr. Steve Wing’s, PhD 1944 to 1978 study, there were 2,265 cancer related deaths of 8,153 deaths by 1994.
EXCERPTS: "Former and present Hanford workers are struggling to
understand the benefits of different programs set up to address their health problems. . . All cancers are covered under the act," emphasized Pete Turcic, director of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program for the Department of Labor. Some medical costs also may be paid. . . The program does not cover illnesses to exposure to other chemicals and toxic materials from work at Hanford. . . Instead, workers can apply for state workers' compensation under another program covering toxic exposure. However, congressional auditors have been critical of that program, saying at the end of 2003 that it faced a seven-year backlog. . . The Department of Labor program covering radiation- induced cancers also has been slow to start, but Turcic told skeptics Thursday that the goal is to start figuring the radiation doses of 200 applicants a week. Information about what radiation different types of workers in different places at Hanford might have received has just recently been compiled for the compensation program. . . Labor is trying to figure out why just 3,290 of 51,000 claims filed nationwide are from Hanford workers.” — “Hanford workers learn about benefits;” by Tri-City Herald reporter Annette Cary February 13, 2004, An estimate that is compiled using the USDOL employees’ projected program statistics to demonstrate the ludicrous way the executives view their projections: 464 USDOL employees divided by 12 months = 39 claims per month would be “churned out” by each employee divided by 4 weeks = 10 claims per week would be “churned out” by each employee divided by
