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To: John Koligman who wrote (80745)7/2/2018 2:31:12 PM
From: combjelly  Respond to of 356330
 
I always wondered if workers on these things ended up not much different in terms of lung disease from coal miners.
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Given that modern rail workers get something similar from diesel exhaust, which contains fine particulates, I'd say that was probably the case.