Other Human Disease -- Australia
A 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.
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