Black Lung Disease from Breathing Beijing Air?

I was listening to Chad Meyers on CNN talk about how people living in Beijing, China were basically getting black lung disease like Coal miners get from breathing Beijing Air right now. It is now 25 times the dangerous level and at this level it creates black powder particulates and others from coal and other substances which congeal in the lungs so people have to cough up black looking stuff out of their lungs everyday now.

So literally, if you don't wear some kind of mask to filter your air while outside it will definitely now shorten your life or contribute to your death before your time.

He said the main cause is people heating their homes with coal fired stoves and when the fine dust from this kind of burning travels up enough people's chimneys in the winter time this is the result.

So, if you are there wear a mask or go somewhere else to protect your lungs ongoing.