Health burdens of uranium miners will extend beyond the radiation exposure compensation act deadline.

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• Personal Author:
  Bertke SJ ; Kelly-Reif K ; Samet J ; Schubauer-Berigan, Mary K. ; Sood A
• Description:
  The US Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) is a government compensation programme, which provides partial restitution to individuals whose health was affected by nuclear weapons testing or uranium industry employment. RECA covers US uranium miners employed between 1942 and 1971 who developed or died from lung cancer, pulmonary fibrosis, silicosis, pneumoconiosis or cor pulmonale related to lung fibrosis. RECA is set to terminate this year. The filing deadline for living claimants or spouses of deceased claimants is 10 July 2022. To assess evidence of whether uranium miners will continue to develop compensable diseases after the termination of RECA, we examined mortality rate trends within the US Colorado Plateau uranium miner cohort. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cohort Studies Lung Lung Diseases Mining Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Uranium

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• Keywords:
  Uranium miners; Underground miners; Legislation; Lung cancer; Lung fibrosis; Silicosis; Pneumoconiosis; Nuclear radiation; Cohort studies; Mortality data
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2022-108311
• ISSN:
  1351-0711
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; New Mexico ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  79
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065127
• Citation:
  Occup Environ Med 2022 Jul; 79(7):503-504
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr Kaitlin Kelly-Reif, Division of Field Studies and Engineering, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
• Email:
  kkelly-reif@cdc.gov
• CAS Registry Number:
  Radon (CAS RN 10043-92-2) ; Uranium (CAS RN 7440-61-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• NORA Priority Area:
  Manufacturing
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248965/cdc_248965_DS1.pdf
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