<div class='node-body'><p>A whistleblower in the EPA who had been fired for exposing the dangers of toxic Ground Zero dust in the days after 9/11 was reinstated to her job, with back pay, by a federal court today.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/locosteve/4972293454/"><span class="image-right" style="width: 275px"><img alt="" border="0" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/epawhistleblower_dust_reinstated_0.jpg" style="width: 275px; height: 178px;" title="(photo via Steve Wilson)" /><span class="caption">(photo via Steve Wilson)</span></span></a></p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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