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Coal mine dust suppression, The re-emergence of Black Lung disease - from 2015 to now

Posted by Troy Adams on August 21, 2020 at 2:18
The past five years have seen the re-emergence of coal mine dust pneumoconiosis commonly known as black lung disease in mine workers in Queensland. Although, coal mining industry assumed that the disease was completed eradicated in the last half cent
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How dangerous is coal dust? Part One – A Historical Look at Coal Mining in Queensland

Posted by Troy Adams on August 11, 2020 at 3:13
All mining has the potential to be acutely dangerous, with factors such as collisions, cave-ins, and explosions being very obvious hazards. The impact on health – although as we note having been observed for hundreds of years, has been better underst
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