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Trivia # 163: high mortality in sulfur mine on Java

28 April, 2010
Toxicological Trivia from April 28, 2010: There is no future for sulfur miners working in subhuman conditions in the Javanese volcano Ijen. Life expectancy of the mine workers on sulfur in Ijen crater, with respect to the national average of Indonesia, is:
a) less than 10 years;
b) less than 20 years;
c) less than 30 years.
Trivia # 163: high mortality in sulfur mine on Java
Minas de azufre en Ijen, Java, Indonesia
Correct Answer b. Read more in Spanish article: The Nightmare of sulfur dioxide in mines Java
Watch video: Sulfur Miners at Kawah Ijen Crater, East Java Indonesia 1/2

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