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Black lung researchers among hundreds laid off from federal health agency
02 Apr 2025 00:28 GMT
… fibrosis — an advanced stage of black lung disease.
An announcement came last … . There, miners get tested for black lung free and confidentially. The results … track and prevent diseases like black lung.
“The thing that really upsets …
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NIOSH workers who help prevent black lung in miners are among new federal job cuts
01 Apr 2025 20:46 GMT
… more monitoring of them for black lung disease. That has all been … Surveillance Program, which screens for black lung disease. It was created by …
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'Recipe for disaster': MSHA cuts fueling safety fears 15 years after Upper Big Branch
05 Apr 2025 10:37 GMT
… years of escalating incidence of black lung disease among increasingly younger central … Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia had black lung — a pronounced increase following a … field office’s lease.
National Black Lung Association president and Beckley resident …
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Mars Is Covered in Toxic Dust – And It’s a Serious Threat to Human Exploration
05 Apr 2025 08:51 GMT
… breath—symptoms similar to the “black lung” disease that coal miners often …
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Voices from coal country say closures of MSHA offices will endanger mine safety
05 Apr 2025 04:11 GMT
… down on inspectors and said black lung benefits need to be funded … that protect miners from deadly black lung disease, inspect impoundment dams and … West Virginia physician who conducts black lung examinations. “That's terribly …
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Things to know about the US Mine Safety and Health Administration and the coal industry
05 Apr 2025 04:15 GMT
… that protect miners from deadly black lung disease, inspect impoundment dams and …
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Mining Group Seeks To Block Silica Dust Rule Before It Takes Effect
04 Apr 2025 23:01 GMT
… opportunity to be tested for black lung disease. Emily Rice… that silica dust worsens black lung cases in coal miners … increase the severity of black lung cases and affect miners … miners in central Appalachia has black lung.
An investigation of the …
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Trump administration cutting vital health and safety services for miners
03 Apr 2025 23:15 GMT
… the Kanawha County WV Black Lung Association, speaksat a … King. “NIOSH oversees black lung research that helped miners … that could produce a black lung diagnosis.
Agency scientists also … diagnostic tests to diagnose black lung and asbestosis.
Without NIOSH …
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Pollution deregulation leaves no one breathing easier | EDITORIAL
03 Apr 2025 17:49 GMT
… lung illnesses including, most famously, black lung and is believed to carry …
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'An attack on all workers': Cuts to NIOSH in Morgantown, mining research panned
03 Apr 2025 10:21 GMT
… Health Unit, where workers conduct black lung screenings on coal miners, is … Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia had black lung — a pronounced increase after a … at the National Coalition of Black Lung & Respiratory Disease Clinics Conference …