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Still, They Persist: Black Lung Advocates Demonstrate At McConnell’s KY Office
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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With just days left before a Congressional deadline, advocates for black lung treatment are still pushing Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell to secure funding for miners’ benefits. About two dozen people demonstrated… Read More
Fatal Disease Outbreak Among Miners Spurs House Hearings On Coal Mine Dust
By: Howard Berkes | NPR
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The review comes in response to an NPR and Frontline investigation that revealed the failure of government regulators to identify and prevent dangerous conditions.
Amid Black Lung Surge Pulmonary Rehab Brings Hope To Disabled Miners
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Marcy Tate grew up in southwest Virginia in a coal mining family. “My father-in-law was a coal miner, my father was a coal miner, my grandfather was a coal miner,… Read More
Data Dives And Shoe Leather: How NPR’s Howard Berkes Investigated Appalachia’s Black Lung Epidemic
By: Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
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NPR is reporting that more than two thousand coal miners are now suffering from the most severe form of black lung disease, Progressive Massive Fibrosis, or PMF. And despite clear warnings, investigative… Read More
An Epidemic Is Killing Thousands Of Coal Miners. Regulators Could Have Stopped It
By: Howard Berkes | Huo Jingnan | Robert Benincasa | NPR
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More than 2,000 miners in Appalachia are dying from an advanced stage of black lung. NPR and Frontline have found the government had multiple warnings and opportunities to protect them, but didn’t.
Black Lung, Red Ink: Residents Press McConnell As Deadline Looms For Black Lung Fund
By: Becca Schimmel | Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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On a cool but clear November day about a dozen residents from eastern Kentucky’s coal mining region crowded into the lobby of an office building in the small town of… Read More
McConnell Hints At Action To Preserve Tax Supporting Black Lung Fund
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Amid a surge in cases of black lung disease, concerns are rising about the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, which provides federal benefits to some coal miners with the disease. A tax… Read More
Miners Urge Congressional Action On Pensions, Black Lung Fund
By: Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Retired coal miners and coal community activists are on Capitol Hill this week urging action on two important issues for miners: pensions and black lung benefits. Advocates say funds supporting… Read More
Federal Dust Fraud Charges Highlight Black Lung Threat For Miners
By: Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
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When former coal mine employees in western Kentucky faced arraignment Wednesday on federal charges that they conspired to falsify the required monitoring of coal dust, the hearing brought renewed attention… Read More
Mobile Health Unit Screening For Black Lung In Eastern Ohio
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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A mobile health clinic is touring different coal towns in Ohio to help miners find out if they have black lung disease. The goal is to detect the disease early… Read More
Q&A: Investigations Correspondent Howard Berkes Discusses Black Lung Disease Series
By: Griffin Rowell | NPR
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Investigations Correspondent Howard Berkes talks about his recent work on “Black Lung Returns To Coal Country,” a series he has reported off-and-on for years.
Black Lung Rate Hits 25-Year High In Appalachian Coal Mining States
By: Howard Berkes | NPR
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In central Appalachia, one in five working coal miners with at least 25 years experience underground now suffers from the deadly disease black lung, according to a new study.
Region’s Black Lung Rates Highest In 25 Years
By: Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
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A new study by federal health officials finds the recent surge in cases of black lung disease is especially concentrated among coal miners in central Appalachia. Researchers at the National Institute for Occupational… Read More
National Academy Report Urges Stronger Coal Dust Monitoring Amid Black Lung Surge
By: Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
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A new report from the National Academy of Sciences says the coal mining industry needs a “fundamental shift” in the way it controls exposure to coal and rock dust in order to… Read More
Black Lung Benefits Fund in Deepening Debt as Epidemic Surges
By: Benny Becker | Ohio Valley ReSource
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A new study from the Government Accountability Office finds that the federal fund supporting coal miners with black lung disease could be in financial trouble without congressional action. As NPR… Read More
Lung Transplants Rise Amid Region’s Black Lung Epidemic
By: Benny Becker | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The Appalachian coalfields are in the midst of an epidemic of severe black lung disease. The debilitating and even deadly disease has recently begun to affect miners as young as… Read More
Living With Black Lung: Coal Miners Caught In A Surging Epidemic
By: Benny Becker | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The central Appalachian coalfields are in the middle of an unprecedented epidemic of severe black lung disease. In a recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association federal researchers released… Read More
Mine Health Expert Concerned About Review Of Coal Dust Rule
By: Benny Becker | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget has announced a review of an Obama-era rule that protects coal miners from exposure to the dust that causes black lung disease. That has… Read More