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"I gotta pack oxygen with me all the time."

Chronic Beryllium Disease: Former nuclear worker Tom Peterson was trained to deal with radiation, but not the chemical that has ruined his lungs. The 大象传媒's Gianna Palmer reports from the Hanford US nuclear weapons site in Washington State.
(Picture: Berylliosis sufferer Tom Peterson; Credit: Anna King)
(Archival footage from Atomic Energy Commission is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive)

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7 minutes