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Breath of Life: UQ's Professor David Cliff is working to help stop deadly black lung disease before it begins

Published on: 15 September 2017

Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP), or black lung, is a potentially fatal, irreversible lung disease caused by breathing in coal mine dust.
SMI welcomes releases of Mt Isa air study

Published on: 9 February 2017

The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) has welcomed the release of a study on the health risks of lead exposure as it relates to the air quality and exposure pathways in the Queensland mining city of Mount Isa.
An Ore-some forest

Published on: 2 February 2017

Metal crops or hyperaccumulator plants are unusual plants that have the capacity to accumulate high concentrations of certain elements...