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← HistoryWhich risk acutely increased as Chinese miners switched from bamboo fuse to gunpowder for blasting?
A)Decreased ore extraction temperatures
B)Explosions causing local asphyxiation✓
C)Unstable adit wall collapse rates
D)Increased post explosive ore toxicity
💡 Explanation
Substituting gunpowder for bamboo created new dangerous. The chain reaction of combustion produced much higher concentrations of deadly carbon monoxide; therefore, explosion fumes asphyxiation deaths became significantly more serious, rather than just risk from heat.
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