Rates are now as bad as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick and dying. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines.
Like many miners with advanced black lung disease, Tim Balthis looks healthy, sitting with his wife Fran Balthis on their porch in Pound, Va. But a scan of his lungs shows so much fibrotic tissue a doctor told Balthis he was surprised he was still alive.
Roger May for NPR
hide caption
toggle caption
Roger May for NPR
While the Trump administration is directing hundreds of millions of dollars to coal projects, miners in Appalachia are suffering…
Once nearly eradicated, the “old man’s disease” is back and suffocating younger miners than before. Federal cuts risk putting a…
The two reddest states in America — Wyoming and West Virginia — had the highest overall worker death rates in 2023, according to…
Expertos advierten que la neumoconiosis es 100% evitable con medidas de prevención adecuadas.
With cases of black lung disease skyrocketing, coal jobs are more hazardous now than at any time in the past 50 years
Mesothelioma diagnoses and deaths continue to increase nationwide despite more than 5 decades of asbestos regulation and a halt…
