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Lifespan Today: Can expect to live another fifty years in relative comfort.
1884: Can expect to die within the next fifteen years from the black lung or getting slightly wet during winter.
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Alex Baia, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024
But today, in Appalachia, miners are suffering from black lung at increasingly younger ages.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2024
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has proposed a new rule that would lower coal miners' exposure to silica dust, reducing the threat of black lung disease.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2024
Not your grandfather's black lung:Federal rule seeks to save coal miners from silica dust
Officials and experts have known for decades that inhaling silica dust, a carcinogen also known as crystalline silica, produces permanent scarring in the lungs and limits lung capacity.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
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Alex Baia, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024
But today, in Appalachia, miners are suffering from black lung at increasingly younger ages.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2024
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has proposed a new rule that would lower coal miners' exposure to silica dust, reducing the threat of black lung disease.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2024
Not your grandfather's black lung:Federal rule seeks to save coal miners from silica dust
Officials and experts have known for decades that inhaling silica dust, a carcinogen also known as crystalline silica, produces permanent scarring in the lungs and limits lung capacity.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
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“Black lung.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20lung. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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