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West Virginians with black lung will have the opportunity to learn about eligibility for benefits at upcoming educational events.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMiners are suffering from an advanced version of black lung disease known as progressive massive fibrosis. It’s the result of digging at increasingly thin coal seams. That means they’re also cutting into quartz, which creates silica dust. Advanced black lung results from breathing in that blend of silica and coal dust.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week on Inside Appalachia, black lung disease is back. In fact, it never went away. Now, younger and younger miners are living with a particularly nasty form of black lung disease. Regulators and the coal industry have known about the problem for decades — but they’ve been slow to respond. One reporter asks, “What would happen if thousands of workers in any other industry got sick and died just because of where they worked?”
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, advanced black lung disease, or progressive massive fibrosis, affects miners who breathe in quartz rock dust. A new investigation looks into advanced cases.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA free health fair on Tuesday gave the community of Oak Hill the opportunity to be tested for black lung disease.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, a free health fair Tuesday offered the community of Oak Hill the opportunity to be tested for respiratory problems and black lung disease.
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