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A new study by federal health officials finds the recent surge in cases of black lung disease is especially concentrated among coal miners in central…
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A new report from the National Academy of Sciences says the coal mining industry needs a “fundamental shift” in the way it controls exposure to coal and…
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A new study from the Government Accountability Office finds that the federal fund supporting coal miners with black lung disease could be in financial…
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The Appalachian coalfields are in the midst of an epidemic of severe black lung disease. The debilitating and even deadly disease has recently begun to…
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The American College of Radiologists, a professional organization representing radiologists, is asking Kentucky to repeal a new law that changes how coal…
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The central Appalachian coalfields are in the middle of an unprecedented epidemic of severe black lung disease. In a recent issue of the Journal of the…
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Epidemiologists at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health say they’ve identified the largest cluster of advanced black lung disease…