Black Lung
May 17, 2013
UBB findings indicate resurgence of black lung
Tissue samples show most miners killed in 2010 disaster had disease
A new and more detailed analysis has confirmed that most of the miners killed in the Upper Big ...
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October 27, 2012
Black lung benefit reform left out of health act debate
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney promises that one of his first acts in office will be ...
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October 11, 2012
MSHA chief: Delayed black lung rule 'going through the process'
No movement seen by Obama administration on ending deadly miner disease
 
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July 7, 2012
Miners say UBB mine cheated on dust sampling
Evidence from the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster investigation shows not only t ...
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July 7, 2012
Dust reforms stalled by years of inaction
For more than a quarter-century, government efforts to end deadly black lung di ...
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July 7, 2012
The new face of black lung
Deadly coal disease on rise again
Ray Marcum bears the marks of a bygone era of coal mining. At 83, his voice is raspy, hi ...
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