Dust, Deception, and Death
http://www.courier-journal.com/cjextra/dust/

The Courier-Journal

This 1998 newspaper article reports of a fatal explosion in a Virginia coal mine caused by airborne coal dust. The story explains the hazards of coal dust combustion and the use of limestone rock dust to prevent explosions.

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