In 2017, Linda prepared this testimony in advance of a Senate hearing on legislation to compensate uranium workers employed after 1971, who, at that time, were excluded from compensation programs. Post-1971 uranium workers were included in a 2025 expansion of the compensation program.
Ambrosia Lake West Processing and Disposal Site: Linda Evers
“My daughter was born with defects that could not be repaired with a simple surgery. She had to have five surgeries before she was four years old to build the hips she was born without. The professional medical people that were responsible for her surgeries and recovery convinced me that overexposure to radiation was the cause of her birth defect, and I quit working in uranium that day.”
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