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In the first of a new column, Raychelle Burks investigates a mass arsenic poisoning during the Great Depression.
Monday, October 4, 1937 began as usual for enrollees at a US Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp with breakfast in the mess hall. Next, these CCC enrollees would work on various projects – steady employment in a decade that saw US unemployment rates reach 25%. The world was struggling with the Great Depression and the CCC was one of President Franklin Roosevelt’s national relief efforts…
