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Washtubs.
Since the term "washtub pneumonia" was used to describe respiratory ailments contracted by laundresses in coal mining camps, the cause was probably coal dust mixed with the laundry chemicals.
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∙ 14y agoWashtub pneumonia was used to describe a variety of respiratory problems usually associated with women working as a laundress in the coal mining camps.
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