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It’s her family that won’t affirm her having polio.

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Indeed, Landy suggests that Wilson was in such bad shape that he wouldn’t have lived longer than two more years. His lung capacity was down to 40%. He was smoking four packs of cigarettes a day.

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Wear protective equipment, such as a well-fitting N-95 or N-100 to protect your lungs from dust. Monitor symptoms because dust particles can linger in the air for a few hours or up to 10 days.

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An annual air quality report by the American Lung Association gave Pittsburgh a failing grade. The region ranked among the top 25 worst metro areas according to several metrics.