Assessment of the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program (2005) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
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On October 15, 1990, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) , PL 101-426, was enacted to provide payments to people who developed particular cancers or other diseases as a result of either exposure to radiation released during aboveground nuclear-weapons tests or employment associated with the uranium-mining industry.
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program. The committee considered whether additional geographic areas should be added to the previously defined areas2 on the basis that residents had been simi 2The areas previously designated for compensation were: the Utah counties of Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, Millard, Piute, San Juan, Sevier, Washington, and Wayne; the Nevada counties of Eureka, Lander, Lincoln, Nye, and White Pine and the portion of Clark County that consists of townships 13-16 at ranges 63-71; and the Arizona counties of Apache, Coconino, Gila, Navajo, and Yavapai and the part of Arizona that is north of the Grand Canyon.
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The six grantees funded by HRSA (see Table 11.1) under RESEP in 2002 and in 2003 were at the Dixie Regional Medical Center, the Miners' Colfax Medical Center, the Mountain Park Health Center, the Northern Navajo Medical Center, the St.
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In addition, the Research Council staff held a public meeting in Boise, Idaho, to gather information for the committee. Notices inviting the public to attend those meetings went to the offices of Senators Orrin Hatch, John McCain, and Larry Craig; to the press in Utah and Arizona; to the Navajo Education Center in Arizona; and to the Salt Lake City Library.
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2. Argument in favor of expansion of RECA coverage to include northern Utah counties, all Utah counties, and other areas, such as Idaho, Montana, New York state, and all the United States, based on maps from the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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The committee offers relevant scientific recommendations, but the attendant policy decisions must come from the larger body of citizenry. Whom to compensate is one such decision.
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Committee members understand that many other considerations play a role in crafting policies and laws; these include pragmatic consequences, budgetary realities, and competing political goals. The committee intends that its scientific recommendations remain within the parameters of its initial charge and that they are consistent with principles of ethics.
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