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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)[reply]

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)[reply]

"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... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.209.26.189 (talk) 10:19, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Legislation in Germany

The part of "Legislation in Germany" is not correct and not the hole story, please take a look at chimney sweep in german-wikipedia " Geschichte"..

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