Black Lung Symptoms, Causes & More
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4. Risk Factors for Black Lung
People who work in coal mines are at the greatest risk for developing black lung because they're exposed to harmful coal dust particles over a long period of time. The longer the exposure, the greater the risk for developing black lung. Approximately 16 percent of coal miners develop complicated black lung.3‘Pneumoconiosis.’ Johns Hopkins Medicine, www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/pneumoconiosis.
In rare instances, people have developed black lung after long-term exposure to the clothing of individuals who work in coal mines.7‘Mortality from or with Pneumoconiosis’ - Minnesota Department of Health, www.health.state.mn.us/communities/occhealth/data/pneummortality.html. Smoking may also increase the likelihood that black lung develops.3‘Pneumoconiosis.’ Johns Hopkins Medicine, www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/pneumoconiosis.
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