Ames Laboratory

Media Coverage

• UI News Release: Ames Lab Former Workers Eligible for Free Medical Program
  Former workers at the Ames Laboratory at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa are invited to participate in a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Former Worker Medical Surveillance Program. The program provides all former DOE employees, contractors and subcontractors free medical screening tests to determine possible health conditions as a result of exposure to harmful substances during their employment at DOE sites.
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• Radio Iowa: Search on for Former Ames Lab Employees
  A nationwide search is on to find former employees at a federal lab in Ames that may've been exposed to harmful substances. Doctor Laurence Fuortes of the University of Iowa says the Ames Lab was a key research facility in the Manhattan Project that built the first nuclear weapons.
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Presentations

• Testimony of Laurence Fuortes before the House Committee on the Judiciary, Nov. 15, 2006.
  "The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: Are We Fulfilling the Promise We Made to Cold War Veterans When We Created the Program?"
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• Seminar by Laurence Fuortes for UI Department of Epidemiology, Feb. 20, 2007.
  "The Legacy of the Manhattan Project and Cold War in Iowa: Ames Laboratory and Burlington Iowa Army Ammunition Plant”
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