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South African diamond miner being x-rayed at the end of his shift to prevent theft, 1954 (lemmy.world)

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[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Plus he had to do this every day at the end of his shift. Between that and the rock dust exposure I'd hate to see the cancer rates for those guys

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 years ago

It's bad for them, but imagine this doctor. He has to examine every one of them every day. If he didn't die of cancer he must not have lived very long.