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High rates of black lung disease have coal miner advocates demanding action (opens the original)
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The federal agency with the legal mandate to protect coal miners from the coal mine dust that causes black lung disease won’t respond to news of the highest rates of the incurable disease since the 1970’s. But mine safety advocates are not holding back, calling on the Mine Safety and Health Administration to end its indefinite hold on the 2024 regulation that specifically targets respirable silica dust, which is blamed for the disease that continues to afflict thousands of coal miners. “Coal min
High rates of black lung disease have coal miner advocates demanding action (opens the original)
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The federal agency with the legal mandate to protect coal miners from the coal mine dust that causes black lung disease won’t respond to news of the highest rates of the incurable disease since the 1970’s. But mine safety advocates are not holding back, calling on the Mine Safety and Health Administration to end its indefinite hold on the 2024 regulation that specifically targets respirable silica dust, which is blamed for the disease that continues to afflict thousands of coal miners. “Coal min
Black lung rates in Appalachia are high as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick (opens the original)
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This article was originally published in Louisville Public Media. Respiratory therapist Marcy Freeman doesn't need a research study to confirm for her a return to the dark days of coal mining. She finds evidence in a stack of more than 150 funeral programs, all for former patients at her pulmonary rehabilitation clinic in Norton, Virginia. "Each one of these represents a life that's gone because of black lung," Freeman explained as she flipped through the programs, recognizing names and images.
Black lung rates in Appalachia are high as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick (opens the original)
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This article was originally published in Louisville Public Media. Respiratory therapist Marcy Freeman doesn't need a research study to confirm for her a return to the dark days of coal mining. She finds evidence in a stack of more than 150 funeral programs, all for former patients at her pulmonary rehabilitation clinic in Norton, Virginia. "Each one of these represents a life that's gone because of black lung," Freeman explained as she flipped through the programs, recognizing names and images.
Black lung rates in Appalachia are high as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick (opens the original)
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This article was originally published in Louisville Public Media. Respiratory therapist Marcy Freeman doesn't need a research study to confirm for her a return to the dark days of coal mining. She finds evidence in a stack of more than 150 funeral programs, all for former patients at her pulmonary rehabilitation clinic in Norton, Virginia. "Each one of these represents a life that's gone because of black lung," Freeman explained as she flipped through the programs, recognizing names and images.
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