black lung

Similarly, they did not include in their burden estimate asbestosis, silicosis and coal workers' pneumoconiosis (black lung), because those conditions are entirely work-related.

Coal mining has historically been fraught with hazards, which are similar to those associated with the aftermath of natural disasters: suffocation, gas poisoning, roof collapse, rock burst, gas explosions and a plethora of lung diseases, including incurable diseases like coalworker's pneumoconiosis, also known as black lung disease.

Incurable - and entirely unnecessary had those men been equipped with even basic safety equipment - pneumoconiosis or black lung disease cut off the lives of generations of Welsh miners long before their time.

On January 19, 2012, Ross filed a claim for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act, 30 U.S.C.

It then references that for Rodders it "has to be a bag of the black stuff" which some people considered to be a reference to pneumoconiosis, AKA Black Lung, the chronic respiratory complaint which killed thousands of miners in the Valleys.

It then goes on to add: "for him it has to be a bag of the black stuff " - a nod to the dark colour of the packaging perhaps, but which, for some, has been taken as a reference to pneumoconiosis, AKA Black Lung, the chronic respiratory complaint which killed thousands of miners in the Valleys.

It then goes on to add: "for him it has to be a bag of the black stuff" - a nod to the dark colour of the packaging perhaps, but which, for some, has been taken as a reference to pneumoconiosis, AKA Black Lung, the chronic respiratory complaint which killed thousands of miners in the Valleys.

The families had sued following a 2013 Center for Public Integrity report that concluded Wheeler had reviewed more than 1,500 cases alleging black lung and never once found a severe instance of the disease.

He died from black lung before they ever put him on any kind of government funding for coal miners with black lung."

He died from black lung before they ever put him on any kind of government funding for coal miners with black lung." From her own upbringing and conversations with family members, Goodlin knew about the challenges new arrivals to this country faced."There were a great, diverse group of immigrants.