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Re:Controlling your own wealth as a basic human right by hueving on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @10:58AM (#13482420)
Maybe underground coal mining. But that has little relationship to mining precious metals. I suggest you take a look at how open pit ore mines are operated to understand how silly your suggestion is of issues with black lung.
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Re:Controlling your own wealth as a basic human right by Retric on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @11:27AM (#13482760)
People working around coal get black lung not just underground miners. In 2013 CWP resulted in 25,000 deaths down from 29,000 deaths in 1990. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalworker's_pneumoconiosis#ci...

Considering the total number of people globally working with coal it's still a significant issue.

PS: Spraying it with water can help with transportation, but you can't do that right before burning.

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