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Black Lung Another reason to kill coal
Jul 21^st, 2018 at 9:26am

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/19/630470150/black-lung-rate-hits-25-year-high-in-ap...

One in five working coal miners in central Appalachia who have worked at least 25 years now suffer from the coal miners' disease black lung. That's the finding from the latest study tracking an epidemic of the incurable and fatal sickness.
It's the highest rate in a quarter century and indicates that the disease continues to afflict more miners in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia.
"We haven't seen this rate of black lung since before the early '90s," says Cara Halldin, an epidemiologist at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and one of the authors of the study.

If coal does this much damage just collecting it, imagine what it does when all that crap is in the air from burning it.
Have to see if there r any aussie studies on this killer Wink

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Reply #1 - Jul 21^st, 2018 at 1:51pm

DonDeeHippy wrote on Jul 21^st, 2018 at 9:26am:

If coal does this much damage just collecting it, imagine what it does when all that crap is in the air from burning it.

Really. You don't know the different effects of coal dust and coal particulates? And the varying concentrations.

DonDeeHippy wrote on Jul 21^st, 2018 at 9:26am:

Have to see if there r any aussie studies on this killer Wink Wink Wink

Why would you put winks on something so terrible as black lung?

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DonDeeHippy Gold Member Offline Cool Stuff Posts: 2782 Australia Gender:	Re: Black Lung Another reason to kill coal Reply #2 - Jul 22^nd, 2018 at 7:02am your right Lee I shouldn't have made light on something as poisonous and dangerous as coal... all the more reason to leave the stuff in the ground where it belongs .
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lee Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 21533 Gender:	Re: Black Lung Another reason to kill coal Reply #3 - Jul 22^nd, 2018 at 3:04pm DonDeeHippy wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2018 at 7:02am: your right Lee I shouldn't have made light on something as poisonous and dangerous as coal... all the more reason to leave the stuff in the ground where it belongs . So you did you check on it in Australia?
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Reply #4 - Jul 22^nd, 2018 at 6:28pm

lee wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2018 at 3:04pm:

DonDeeHippy wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2018 at 7:02am:

your right Lee I shouldn't have made light on something as poisonous and dangerous as coal...
all the more reason to leave the stuff in the ground where it belongs .

So you did you check on it in Australia?

not yet..... but I wont stop you Wink

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lee Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 21533 Gender:	Re: Black Lung Another reason to kill coal Reply #5 - Jul 22^nd, 2018 at 6:35pm I'm waiting for your spin.
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DonDeeHippy Gold Member Offline Cool Stuff Posts: 2782 Australia Gender:	Re: Black Lung Another reason to kill coal Reply #6 - Jul 22^nd, 2018 at 6:44pm lee wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2018 at 6:35pm: I'm waiting for your spin. NP's Lee when I have the energy ill get on it
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