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大卫·克里夫（David Cliff）教授正在努力帮助停止致命的黑肺疾病。
煤炭工人的肺炎（CWP）或黑肺是由煤矿灰尘呼吸引起的潜在致命的，不可逆的肺部疾病。罪魁祸首是在采矿过程中释放的可呼吸灰尘，其中含有煤炭和其他足够小的矿物颗粒，可以深入肺部，在那里它们可以阻止空气通道并引起肺组织的疤痕。
由于无法治愈，因此拯救人们免于CWP的唯一方法是首先阻止他们在危险的可呼吸煤炭中呼吸。
This prevention is the aim of a joint research initiative between The University of Queensland, the Queensland Government’s Safety in Mines Testing and Research Station (Simtars) and New South Wales-based industry organisation Coal Services, with funding from the Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP).
The ‘Improving respirable coal dust exposure monitoring and control’ project, led by Professor David Cliff from UQ’s Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre (SMI-MISHC), has two main aims: to establish the best ways of measuring mine workers’ exposure to respirable dusts, and then using these measurements to test the effectiveness of different exposure reduction methods.