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Dirty Work: Cleaning Oil Tanks in 100-Degree Heat

NPR

Published August 1, 2002 at 12:00 AM EDT

They are jobs nobody would seem to want -- but somebody has to do them. As Morning Edition kicks off its "Dirty Work" series, NPR's David Molpus looks at the hot and sticky job of cleaning out oil storage tanks.

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