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Hanford Workers Sickened By Unknown Vapors

(Richland, WA)  --  Two Hanford workers are cleared to go back to work after being hospitalized for breathing in chemical vapors at the Eastern Washington nuclear facility.  KING-5 reports a total of six people were sickened yesterday from ingesting the vapors.  A total of 17 Hanford employees have needed medical care in the past week for inhalation of toxic vapors.  Three of those who became ill yesterday were helping conduct an inspection of an underground nuclear storage tank.

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