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A non-smoker survived September 11 - then the dust killed him anyway, six years later
A non-smoker survived September 11 - then the dust killed him anyway, six years later
A single sentence changed everything: one day a senior CDC scientist warned “do not send people back” and six days later the EPA said the air was safe - and thousands who worked the pile breathed it anyway. How did assurances and warnings cross like that, and why did so many people who never smoked end up with deadly illnesses?
In this episode, we tell the story of workers and responders who labored at Ground Zero, the conflicting federal messages issued in September 2001, and the toxic contents of the dust…
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