Exxon Hid Radiation Risk to Workers, Witness Says

(Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp., the largest U.S. energy company,

Templet testified as the first witness for 19 former pipe workers who are suing Exxon, claiming they were exposed to radiation and now fear they may get cancer. Templet said Exxon failed to report the contamination to his former agency until as late as 1988, endangering workers who cleaned the pipes at a Louisiana work site.