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The paper presented by Dr. Thomas Mancuso, Dr. Alice Stewart and Dr. George Kneale at the Health Physics Symposium a t Saratoga Springs, Mew York, isa new statistical a ii a lysis of data on the .mortality. of workers a t Hanford Rear Richland, Washingto'n. This study has been in progress for over 12years and involves past and present employees at this major ERDA installation. Dr. Mancuso informed the staff of the Divisj.on of Biomedical and Environmental Research (BEK), EKDA, approximately two weeks ago, that: this new analysis was completed and he wished to present the results at a meeting a t ERDA HO. On October 4,Dr. Mancusco an.d his colleagues discussed the results with BER staff ; however, a cc np let e paper was not available at that time. Because of the potential sign if ic xn ce of the results of this analysis, BER has requested an independent evaluatiofi of the new results by a group of experts in this field. are available,it would be inappropriate to comment further on Until the results of such an evaluation
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The paper presented by Dr. Thomas Mancuso, Dr. Alice Stewart and Dr. George Kneale at the Health Physics Symposium at Saratoga Springs, New York, is a new statistical analysis of data on the mortality o f workers at Hanford near Richland, Washington. This study has been in progress for over 12 years and involves past and present employees at this major ERDA installation. Dr. Mancuso informed the staff of the Division of Biomedical and Environmental Research (BER), ERDA, approximately two weeks ago, that this new analysis was completed and he wished to present the results at a meeting at ERDA HQ. On October 4 , Dr. Mancusco and his colleagues discussed the results with BER staff; however, a complete paper was not available at that time. Because of the potential significance of the results of this analysis, BER has requested an independent evaluation of the new results by a group of experts in this field. Until the results of such an evaluation are available, it would be inappropriate to comment further on