In Central Appalachia, an estimated one in five tenured coal miners has black lung disease. The condition reduces life expectancy by an average of 12 years and makes it a “struggle to get ...

Was this done without the consent of miners or their bereaved families? Black lung disease, formally known as pneumoconiosis, is a horrible condition caused by inhaling coal dust. "It was really ...

Rate of black lung disease among miners may be 10 times higher than reported Lung disease is a well-known deadly consequence of working in the coal industry. But a new NPR study finds miners are ...

which may play a role in the pathogenesis of lung diseases among coal miners[5]. This highlights the importance of understanding the sources and characteristics of coal dust to better assess ...

The coal mines of the Tennessee Coal ... long-term exposure to poor air caused chronic lung diseases such as black lung. For convict laborers, conditions were even worse. Poor food rations ...

Mining companies have agreed a 5bn rand ($400m, £285m) compensation deal for tens of thousands of South African miners who contracted deadly lung diseases while working underground. The miners ...

Luzerne County honors its past with Anthracite Heritage Month, a time to reflect on the profound impact of anthracite coal mining on the region’s history, culture and people. For decades, coal was the ...

A Biden administration rule lowered the amount of toxic dust workers in mines and quarries can be exposed to, but a lawsuit ...