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| Year | Stories |
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| 1911 | 1 |
1 story matching rot
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- The Rotting Jaw: Labor’s Fight Against Deadly Phosphorus
Workers in American match factories face a horrific, disfiguring illness while the government debates banning the white phosphorus that causes it.