The EPA has a program to hire older workers to perform administrative, and sometimes more complex, duties. It's meant to help the seniors get some work experience and earn some income, but the workers' wages are drastically lower than those of their younger colleagues.

On this episode of Parts Per Billion, reporter Stephen Lee explains who these workers are and why they continue working at the agency despite their low pay.

Read more of Stephen's reporting on this issue here.

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