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Sam Petsonk grew up around southern West Virginia's mining communities, visiting patients with his father, one of the country's first doctors to specialize in Black Lung Disease.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe rule was aimed at reducing miner inhalation of silica dust, which has been shown to worsen cases of black lung disease and cause an earlier onset of the disease in younger miners.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe Mine Safety and Health Administration promulgated the rule last year in an attempt to reduce the silica dust they breathe in on the job by half.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, Huntington's mayor-elect discusses homelessness and we look at the state's coal industry.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) says a final rule by the Labor Department will help miners who have contracted black lung. The new rule issued by the Mine Safety and Health Administratio...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOne of America’s greatest contributions to world culture … is hip hop. A new compilation documents what it sounds like across Appalachia. Also people in the region love their local water sprin...
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