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Coal-Water Slurry Fuel (A Good Oil Stopgate or on its own)

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Re: Coal-Water Slurry Fuel (A Good Oil Stopgate or on its ow
Post by n7axw   » Sat Dec 19, 2015 7:53 pm

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My dad eventually lost the use of his lungs because the little sacs in the lung filled up with cement dust. I thought black lung was similar.

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Re: Coal-Water Slurry Fuel (A Good Oil Stopgate or on its ow
Post by Keith_w   » Sat Dec 19, 2015 8:55 pm

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n7axw wrote:My dad eventually lost the use of his lungs because the little sacs in the lung filled up with cement dust. I thought black lung was similar.

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Basically, it is.

Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), also known as black lung disease or black lung, is caused by long exposure to coal dust. It is common in coal miners and others who work with coal. It is similar to both silicosis from inhaling silica dust, and to the long-term effects of tobacco smoking. Inhaled coal dust progressively builds up in the lungs and is unable to be removed by the body; this leads to inflammation, fibrosis, and in worse cases, necrosis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalworker%27s_pneumoconiosis
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Re: Coal-Water Slurry Fuel (A Good Oil Stopgate or on its ow
Post by Louis R   » Sat Dec 19, 2015 11:38 pm

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Note the reference to smoking: coal, no matter how high-grade it is, includes a _lot_ of nasty organics that aren't present in silica-based dusts. There's a chemical component that isn't present in straight silicosis.

Keith_w wrote:
n7axw wrote:My dad eventually lost the use of his lungs because the little sacs in the lung filled up with cement dust. I thought black lung was similar.

Don

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Basically, it is.

Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), also known as black lung disease or black lung, is caused by long exposure to coal dust. It is common in coal miners and others who work with coal. It is similar to both silicosis from inhaling silica dust, and to the long-term effects of tobacco smoking. Inhaled coal dust progressively builds up in the lungs and is unable to be removed by the body; this leads to inflammation, fibrosis, and in worse cases, necrosis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalworker%27s_pneumoconiosis
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