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Episode 281: The Dark Secrets Behind The Wizard of Oz

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The Silicosis of the Lungs

Aluminum dust was used to treat silicosis, a lung disease caused by long term inhalation of crystalline silica dust. Miners were forced to inhale aluminum dust as an experimental medical treatment in the late 19th century. A man named Jim hobbs recalls his first experience with pure aluminum dust at age 37. He says he tried not to like it when i was eager abody, but it would be found on chestek rayc like years later.

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