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Originally Posted by Dngrsone
The talk about asbestos also reminded me of the modern coal industry, which has been systematically killing poor (mostly West Virginians) for decades, and is an ongoing problem here in the US.
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Yes, I was thinking about coal when I said "other slow killers" and should have highlighted it specifically in retrospect. Being in the pacific northwest, I don't have to think about coal too often. We have other concerns... like Hanford.