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Black Lung Disease

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

BLACK LUNG DISEASE

BY: ISAIAH REID

WHAT IS IT?

BLACK LUNG IS A DISEASE CAUSED FROM INHALING BLACK CARBON

ANY ACTIVITY INVOLVING COAL CAN PUT YOU AT RISK FOR BLACK LUNG

KIDS AND BLACK LUNG DISEASE

KIDS GOT BLACK LUNG DISEASE BY WORKING IN THE MINES

BLACK LUNG DISEASE HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

SYMPTOMS

  • Breathing problems
  • A Bad Cough

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  • Black Lung Disease will effect your lungs
  • It will effect your breathing
  • And ultimately, it will effect your respiratory system

DIAGNOSIS

  • Lung x-rays
  • Doctors test your functions
  • Doctors check the Lung history

TREATMENTS

  • Unfortunately there is no treatment

About 10,000 americans have died from Black Lung Disease since the Industrial Rev.

No matter what. Doctors and other people just cant seem to eradicate it.

WORKS CITED PAGE

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  • Children During The Industrial Revolution.Palaborhistory.Jessica Johnson:2008.Web.2008
  • Coalworkers pneumoconiosis.Wikipedia.Wikimedia Foundation: December 2013.Web.2013