Black lung disease is becoming more prevalent in younger coal miners, and it may be because more silica dust is cut, grounded, and stirred up, trying to access smaller deposits of coal.

www.alleghenyfront.org/black-lung-d...

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Taken while walking back on the trail from Blackwater Falls in WV. Besides the recipe, I was also using a gold diffusion filter.

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