Mortality Patterns Among Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Workers

Occupational exposure to trichloroethylene and cancer risk for workers at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.

OBJECTIVE The Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) became operational in 1952; it is located in the western part of Kentucky. We conducted a mortality study for adverse health effects that workers may have suffered while working at the plant, including exposures to chemicals. MATERIALS AND METHODS We studied a cohort of 6820 workers at the PGDP for the period 1953 to 2003; there were a tota...

Time-period mortality patterns in a Gaseous Diffusion Plant workforce.

BACKGROUND We sub-divided a cohort of 6820 workers at the Paducah (KY) Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) which was traced from 1953 to 2003. The subdivisions were made to assess the mortality risks in a sub-group of workers employed solely during the plant's refit period, a time of suspected higher exposure to metal dusts (nickel, arsenic, chromium and uranium) and trichloroethylene. METHODS Thi...

Evaluation of Groundwater Management/Remediation Technologies for Application to the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant

Proportional mortality patterns among chemical plant workers exposed to formaldehyde.

To examine the possible health risks associated with occupational exposure to formaldehyde a proportional mortality analysis was conducted on deaths occurring between 1950 and 1976 among 136 men who had been employed a month or more in one of five formaldehyde-related areas of a large chemical producing plant located in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. Overall, no statistically significant exce...

Increased suicide risk among workers following toxic metal exposure at the Paducah gaseous diffusion plant from 1952 to 2003: a cohort study.

BACKGROUND Suicide is a problem worldwide and occupation is an important risk factor. In the last decade, 55 200 deaths in the US were attributed to occupational risk factors. OBJECTIVE To determine if toxic metal exposure was associated with suicide risk among Paducah gaseous diffusion plant (PGDP) workers. METHODS We assembled a cohort of 6820 nuclear industry workers employed from 1952...