Tampa Bay Congressional Members Demand Answers for Sick Nuclear Workers
U.S. Representatives Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13), Kathy Castor, and Gus Bilirakis are demanding urgent federal attention to medical claims from former nuclear weapons plant workers in Pinellas County, Florida. These workers, now in their 70s and 80s, were employed at the Largo General Electric plant during the Cold War, where they built components for nuclear weapons. Many have since been diagnosed with cancers commonly associated with radiation exposure. A recent Tampa Bay Times article highlighted their plight, detailing how their cases have been stuck in federal bureaucracy for years. Government consultants and physicists argued in an August hearing that there was insufficient evidence of significant radiation exposure, citing decades-old documents that workers claim misrepresented the plant's safety protocols. The plant processed plutonium, uranium, and beryllium, a carcinogenic metal, as part of its classified projects. Despite a 2000 law designed to cover medical bills for sick civilian nuclear weapons...
