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Mon May 7, 2012, 09:15 PM May 2012

EPA scientist who warned of caustic dust from Ground Zero wins job back

Cate Jenkins was fired from job as chemist after accusing EPA of deliberately covering up dangers of 9/11 wreckage dust

A government scientist sacked for exposing the dangers to firefighters from the caustic air at Ground Zero in the days after 9/11 got her job back on Monday.

A federal court ordered that Cate Jenkins, a chemist at the Environmental Protection Agency, be reinstated to her job with back pay.

Her lawyer said the decision, although based on matters of legal process, amounted to vindication for Jenkins's claims that the EPA had covered up the danger posed to first responders and others in lower Manhattan from the asbestos and highly corrosive dust that rose from the wreckage of the World Trade Center.

It was also a rare victory for whistleblowers, said lawyer Paula Dinerstein. "This doesn't happen that often."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/07/cate-jenkins-epa-ground-zero-dust?newsfeed=true

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EPA scientist who warned of caustic dust from Ground Zero wins job back (Original Post) Earth_First May 2012 OP
And back pay? aquart May 2012 #1
According to the article, yes... n/t Earth_First May 2012 #2
And her boss, Christine Todd Whitman, has been shilling for the nuclear industry bananas May 2012 #3
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