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Case Exposing Workers To Plutonium
Business Ethics Case Review

Name: Chad Clinton

Case Name: Exposing Workers to Plutonium
Case Textbook Pages: 172-173

Facts: A U.S. Government owned uranium plant exposed several thousand workers to plutonium and other radioactive materials and dumped radioactive contaminants into landfills during a period of several decades. Some of the plants contaminants eventually found its way into wildlife areas and private water wells. The plant, located in Paducah, Kentucky kept records on plutonium contamination but never informed the workers of the plant of the potential health risks. Workers at the plant did not wear sufficient protection while working with the harmful contaminants. Recent studies on the workers and the surrounding

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