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The scourge of black lung: Still a terrible problem we’re not doing enough to stop.
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy Articles via AOL· 2 years agoOpEd: The federal Black Lung Program was enacted in 1969, just prior to the death of my grandfather,...
Not your grandfather's black lung: Federal rule seeks to save coal miners from silica dust
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWorkers may get respite from breathing the toxic dust that remains omnipresent in U.S. mining...
This proposal could further protect miners from black lung disease, if passed
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoRetired coal miner James Bounds, who has pneumoconiosis, more commonly known as “black lung,” poses...
After decades of delays and broken promises, coal miners hail rule to slow rise of black lung
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA half-century ago, the nation's top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine...
Federal officials need to act on Appalachia’s forgotten epidemic | Opinion
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIn the nation’s memory of Appalachian coal mining, black lung disease may seem like a distant part...
Black lung cases surge, miners seek relief through rule proposal
Newsy via AOL· 9 months agoNew Parkway underground mine in Central City, Ky. For America's Appalachian coal mining communities,...
Coal miners have long faced risk of black lung disease. Now they're getting new protections
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Finance· 1 month agoCoal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the...
Coal miners plead with feds for stronger enforcement during emotional hearing on black lung rule
AP Finance via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoLaboring to breathe, West Virginia coal miner Terry Lilly told federal regulators Thursday he is...
New federal rule aims to limit coal miners’ exposure to silica dust, long linked to black lung...
Pennsylvania Capital-Star via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSilica dust exposure has long been linked with black lung cases in miners, and for decades leading...
Kentucky coal company fined $200,000 in case of cheating on tests to protect miners
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAn Eastern Kentucky coal company that pleaded guilty in connection with cheating on tests designed...