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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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'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