Janine Anderson Dies After Championing Sick Nuclear Worker Cause: Last Interview

[bananas]

I wasn't sure which forum to post this in.
The first article has an embedded video of the interview.

Janine Anderson Dies After Championing Sick Nuclear Worker Cause: Last Interview
Posted by Wes Rehberg at 5/4/2009 6:17 AM
Categories: Wild Clearing

Janine Anderson Dies After Championing Sick Nuclear Worker Cause: Last Interview from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.

Janine Anderson died four days after launching hers and other sick-nuclear fuel plant workers campaign on April 28, 2009 for a National Day of Remembrance of those still ill from contaminants and those who passed on. She worked at the nuclear fuel gas diffusion K-25 plant in Oak Ridge TN. She was among several sickened workers I've interviewed in the past year - to view their stories and events, visit theexposed.net - This is a draft video © 2009 Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing

Janine Anderson dies after heroic fight

Janine Anderson, a sick nuclear worker and an advocate for thousands of others, died this morning after a long struggle with debilitating illnesses linked to her work in Oak Ridge.

Richard Anderson, her husband of seven years, said she died in her sleep at their home in Maryville. Doctors said it was probably due to a heart attack or stroke, he said.

Anderson, 56, was major player in the national effort to get legislation passed to provide a compensation fund for workers made sick by exposures in the Cold War workplace at nuclear facilities around the country.

She was a developing force in the Coalition for a Healthy Environment, the Alliance for Nuclear Worker Advocacy Groups, and the Cold War Patriots.

Anderson's latest cause was an effort to create a National Day of Remembrance for Cold War nuclear weapons workers, and she helped kick-start that movement earlier this week with a petition signing in Oak Ridge.

<snip>

Posted by Frank Munger on May 2, 2009

[dcsmart]

1. this is the right forum..K & R

[Liberation Angel]

2. I thank you for posting this

It might work to crosspost in environmental forum

Very sad.

The problems are not just with workers but with entire communities exposed to the waste and toxins and emissions. The workers are on the frontline, but outside the gates of the plants we all get exposed.

[Omaha Steve]

3. I missed this earlier today when I was at work

K&R!