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- How Black Lung Came Roaring Back to Coal Country
How Black Lung Came Roaring Back to Coal Country Once nearly eradicated, the “old man’s disease” is back and suffocating younger miners Federal cuts risk putting a solution further out of
- Coal Miner’s Daughter Fights Back After DOGE Cuts Jobs of . . .
Over the last five decades, more than 75,000 miners have died of black lung disease To catch that disease and other health problems early, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has screened miners at their mines, conducted research to track the diseases, and developed new tools to prevent diseases in the first place That didn’t stop DOGE from laying off about 90% of
- Black Lung Returns To Coal Country - NPR
A deadly coal miners' disease is surging back despite rules created to control the disease Subscribe to NPR's Up First Email Coal miners are tested for black lung at a clinic in West Virginia
- Restore federal programs that protect coal miners from black lung
For decades, black lung disease had nearly been eradicated—until now Today, it's surging back with devastating force, hitting miners younger and harder than ever before One in five miners in Central Appalachia now has black lung, and many are in their 30s and 40s This crisis isn’t due to bad luck or a mysterious illness
- Appalachia Pulmonologist Treats Coal Miners Affected by Black . . .
Over that time, the incidence of so-called “black lung disease” — a common scourge that often plagued coal miners of the 1960s and 1970s — has dropped dramatically But in recent years, the disease has been roaring back with a vengeance, says Dr Harris, an associate professor of pulmonary and critical care at the University of Virginia
- As black lung increases in Wyoming, some worry federal cuts . . .
The public data that researchers provided shows which parts of the country have higher rates of black lung, which has become resurgent as coal seams become thinner and more miners drill into sandstone Drilling or blasting into that type of rock can kick up silica dust, which is about 20 times more toxic than coal dust Silica is blamed for an
- Feds chop enforcement staff and halt rules meant to curb . . .
Federal enforcement staff and resources for coal mine safety have been sharply reduced, and implementation of stricter silica dust rules—meant to curb black lung disease—has been delayed
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