Thousands of Hanford Downwinders, as they called themselves, filed lawsuits against the government. All the lawsuits have since been either dropped or settled. In 1989, the Tri-Party Agreement was ...

Increased rates of cancer, thyroid diseases, infertility, and lymphatic illness have been reported in people living near the Hanford Site, who have become known as "downwinders". A 2003 study of ...

KENNEWICK – The Hanford guards will return to work at the Hanford nuclear site 47 days after they were locked out as their contract expired. On Thursday, the Hanford Guards Union approved a ...