Tag Archive for PRO/EDR> Pneumoconiosis – Australia: (QL)
PRO/EDR> Pneumoconiosis – Australia: (QL)
Other Human Disease -- AustraliaA coalminer diagnosed with the 1st case of "black lung" in Australia in more than 60 years worked in an underground mine for 6 years after early signs of the disease were missed in a medical examination.The central Queensland man, 1 of 4 cases this year [2015] of pneumoconiosis, a disease previously thought to have been eradicated from the mining industry, still works in a coal-washing facility where he is exposed to dust, according to a union official.The shock return Read more [...]
