My mother worked at the Largo facility in the early to mid 80’s. She was first diagnosed with breast cancer in the early 90’s; she fought that and won. She was diagnosed with other cancers in the late 90’s. She was very sick from the chemotherapy and fought as much as she could. In late 2003, she was diagnosed with some type of nerve cancer (I can’t remember the exact diagnosis). Afterwards, she held on until my daughter (her only granddaughter) was born in September of 2004. A little over a month later, she passed away with her family at her side and in extreme pain. NIOSH (SP) contacted my brother and I and we had to go through some phone interviews and filed some paperwork. We were told that her cancer was not related to the exposure at the plant. I have all the documentation if needed. There was no history of cancer in my mother’s family. Her and my dad got married in their early twenties. My father is pretty healthy (other than being a diabetic). My brother and I are healthy (so far). My mom used the term “HOT” when referring to her exposure and said she was decontaminated a few times. I do not have any more information other than that. I do not know much about what she did or performed at the plant. NIOSH keep referring to her as an escort. I told them my mother never discussed her work while she was there. I don’t know if I have the energy to go through this again, but I just want to know what took her life. We feel we were getting the run-around. My brother is very passionate about getting full disclosure, but he’s hit a few brick walls. This has caused much tension with our family . I dont know whom to blame for this and how can we make sure no else follows the same destiny.