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What do Appalachia and Upstate New York have in common?

Greg Siwinski (photo by Jim Howe)

Greg Siwinski (photo by Jim Howe)

Certified industrial hygienist Greg Siwinski, from the Occupational Health Clinical Center at Upstate, tells about his travels to West Virginia, an area with a long history of environmental contamination and a large population of coal miners. One similarity he noticed between Appalachia and Upstate New York: the exploitation of people doing hard work.

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