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Mill work, especially in a right-to-work state, can be dangerous on many levels, from machinery mishaps to byssinosis (brown lung disease) to violent conflicts that have occurred when workers attempted to unionize.
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New York Times, 6 June 2021
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New York Times, 6 June 2021
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“Brown lung.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brown%20lung. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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