In Central Appalachia, an estimated one in five tenured coal miners has black lung disease. The condition reduces life expectancy by an average of 12 years and makes it a “struggle to get ...

according to the American Lung Association. One National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health study found modern coal miners, particularly those in Central Appalachia, are more likely than ...

The coal mines of the Tennessee Coal ... For those who survived those hazards, long-term exposure to poor air caused chronic lung diseases such as black lung. For convict laborers, conditions ...

As his time with the Mine Safety and Health Administration wrapped up, Assistant Secretary Christopher Williamson highlighted ...

Rate of black lung disease among miners may be 10 times higher than reported Lung disease is a well-known deadly consequence of working in the coal industry. But a new NPR study finds miners are ...

Wenhui and Xiaosi have lost friends to one particularly nasty form of silicosis - known as black lung. " The most important ... and flooded following a coal mine disaster Watching the sun rise ...