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Many chimney sweeps were mistreated and carried to the hospital. <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/68.92.52.201|68.92.52.201]] ([[User talk:68.92.52.201|talk]]) 02:44, 17 January 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
Many chimney sweeps were mistreated and carried to the hospital. <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/68.92.52.201|68.92.52.201]] ([[User talk:68.92.52.201|talk]]) 02:44, 17 January 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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"it is only in the last two hundred years that the chimney has grown large enough to hold a man" - clearly the author has never looked up a chimney in a medieval castle... |
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Sorry for the personal army request, but why is there no mention of creosote and resulting chimney fires? The prevention of these would be one of the most important purposes of a chimney sweep IMO.
Can someone confirm this story about the scrotum cancer? It looks so insolit it would be useful to add a reference. 193.51.45.44 15:53, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Chimney sweeps suffered the first documented cases of occupational cancers, due to a carcinogenic component of coal dust (benzo(a)pyrene) which is also found in cigarette smoke. One of the best known and longest studied links of a specific chemical to cancer. Jed 17:47, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Many chimney sweeps were mistreated and carried to the hospital. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.92.52.201 (talk) 02:44, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
"it is only in the last two hundred years that the chimney has grown large enough to hold a man" - clearly the author has never looked up a chimney in a medieval castle...