Court Affirms Rejection of Link Between Prostate Cancer and Toxins

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A federal judge in Tennessee has affirmed the denial of occupational illness benefits for a former defense worker who blamed exposure to workplace toxins for his prostate cancer. Crowder v. U.S. Department of Labor, No. 3:08-CV-509 (E.D. Tenn.).

Judge Thomas A. Varlan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee on Nov. 9 denied the Motion for Judgment by Howard E. Crowder, whose claim for benefits under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness compensation Program Act was rejected in 2002.

Crowder alleges that he contracted moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of the prostate - prostate cancer - …