Yesterday Cate Jenkins was reinstated in her former position as a chemist with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after blowing the whistle on the government for allegedly covering up how dangerous the dust at the 9/11 sites were to first responders.

Jenkins was the first EPA official to issue warnings about the corrosive dust emanating from the downed Twin Towers. After 9/11, the corrosive dust was found to cause extensive lung damage to first responders, with some of the lung damage becoming permanent.

Jenkins will be reinstated with back pay.