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ISS - Radioactive racism at Tennessee nuclear waste processing company

ISS - Radioactive racism at Tennessee nuclear waste processing company: "A radioactive waste processing company in Memphis, Tenn. recently agreed to pay $650,000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit charging it with exposing African-American workers to higher radiation levels than white workers."

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