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- How Black Lung Came Roaring Back to Coal Country – DNyuz
But now, black lung is back Modern miners are contracting it at younger ages and at rates not seen since the 1970s For 20th-century miners, it could take decades to develop severe black lung For men of Aundra Brock’s generation, just a few years can be enough Nationwide, one in 10 working miners is now estimated to have black lung
- Appalachia Pulmonologist Treats Coal Miners Affected by Black . . .
(Photo courtesy of Drew Harris) The incidence of so-called “black lung disease” has been roaring back due to mechanized coal extraction technology, a pulmonologist says The federal Mine Safety Health Administration recently enacted new protections for coal miners, due to be implemented in mid-2025
- Black lung is back: Disease’s deadliest form sees ten-fold . . .
After a career in the mines, Michael Williams, 62, now lives with an advanced stage of black lung Williams, a resident of the small town of McRoberts, Ky , is among a growing number of people
- Black lung resurges in Appalachian coal country; mining cos . . .
A new report by the Center for Public Integrity and National Public Radio shows that black lung is back in Appalachia coal mining country, especially the most severe form of the disease, and it's occurring in miners who are younger and younger
- As black lung increases in Wyoming, some worry federal cuts . . .
The public data that researchers provided shows which parts of the country have higher rates of black lung, which has become resurgent as coal seams become thinner and more miners drill into sandstone
- Black lung surges back in coal country – Center for Public . . .
Throughout the coalfields of Appalachia, in small community clinics and in government labs, it has become clear: Black lung is back The disease’s resurgence represents a failure to deliver on a 40-year-old pledge to miners in which few are blameless, an investigation by the Center for Public Integrity and NPR has found
- Black Lung: Reclaiming Coal Country - Blue Ridge Outdoors . . .
A recent alarming leap in black lung—attributed to blasting through thicker rock in search of thinning coal seams—has galvanized a scrappy coalition in Kentucky and other Appalachian states intent on forcing Congress to lend more than lip service to the scarred bodies and landscapes left behind by more than a century of mining
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