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Black lung disease (BLD), also known as coal workers' pneumoconiosis, [1] or simply black lung, is an occupational type of pneumoconiosis caused by long-term inhalation and deposition of coal dust in the lungs and the consequent lung tissue's reaction to its presence. [2] It is common in coal miners and others who work with coal.
OpEd: We are concerned that too much of the rule is reliant on infrequent and unsupervised coal operator dust sampling and self-audits of changing dust conditions in the mines.
OpEd: The federal Black Lung Program was enacted in 1969, just prior to the death of my grandfather, a Kentucky coal miner, from the disease. It’s not helping enough people.
Pneumoconiosis (also known as Black Lung or Miners' Lung) is an illness prevalent in the mining industry caused by prolonged exposure to mine dust, which can lead to respiratory failure and death. From 1968 to 2009, it was a contributor or underlying cause of death for over 73,800 worker deaths in the United States. [citation needed]. [19]
West Virginia University law professor Pat McGinley, who was part of a state team investigating the 2010 Upper Big Branch mining disaster that killed 29 miners, called the resurgence of black lung ...
Black Lung — United Mine Workers of America "Black Lung" (PDF). U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-30. A Conversation about Mining and Black Lung Disease; Flavorings-Related Lung Disease; The Institute of Occupational Medicine and its research into pneumocomiosis
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (/ ˌ nj uː m ə n oʊ ˌ ʌ l t r ə ˌ m aɪ k r ə ˈ s k ɒ p ɪ k ˌ s ɪ l ɪ k oʊ v ɒ l ˌ k eɪ n oʊ ˌ k oʊ n i ˈ oʊ s ɪ s / ⓘ [1] [2]) is a 45-letter word coined in 1935 by the then-president of the National Puzzlers' League, Everett M. Smith.
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