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Miners battle lung disease in hazardous mine

The lung operation costs about 30,000 yuan, said staff at the Pneumoconiosis Rehabilitation Center in Beidaihe, Hebei province, which is under the National Coal Mine Safety Supervision Department. But the income per capita of farmers in Gulang in 2008 was just 1,980 yuan, almost 50 percent lower than the average for farmers nationwide in 2007.

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