Inhaled silica dust particles travel down airways and into the smallest spaces of the lung, causing scarring and eventually difficulty breathing, often becoming so severe that a lung transplant might be the only solution to avoid death.
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Dr. Mark Abdelmalek,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2025
On the moon and Mars, dust particles are very sharp.
Life on this earth has felt weird and extra dangerous lately.
—
Denise Snodell,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
But officials in this second Trump administration, including the President himself, see it as a waste of an enormously valuable resource given that U.S. coal reserves far exceed those of any other nation on earth.
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