Some of the approximately 75 Hanford workers and others who gathered Wednesday night at a meeting at the Local 598 union hall in Pasco are already experiencing health problems, said Pete Nicacio, business manager for the United Association of Steamfitters and Plumbers, Local 598.
And it’s too soon to say what health problems may lie in the future for workers exposed in the past two years to chemical vapors from Hanford waste held in underground tanks, he said.
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