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Profile: Debra Trent 22 Nov 2009 05:15 GMT
... to be a nurse,” she said. “I worked at old Beckley Hospital, then a black lung clinic, but I found home care in 1984. That was my niche, and that's where ...
MSHA director seeks to end black lung disease 21 Nov 2009 06:21 GMT
... MSHA director seeks to end black lung disease Ending black lung disease will be ... will benefit miners greatly.” Black lung, or pneumoconiosis, is caused by the prolonged breathing of ...
Coal dust limits will tighten, MSHA chief says 21 Nov 2009 05:12 GMT
... to tighten dust limits in underground coal mines and take other steps "to end black lung disease," the new head of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said Friday. Joe ...
MSHA to target black lung's cause 21 Nov 2009 11:54 GMT
... give immediate results, Main said. "I think you'll see our comprehensive plan on ending black lung unveiled" in about two weeks, Main said. MSHA said earlier this year it planned to ...
New MSHA boss vows to study deep cover mines 21 Nov 2009 01:15 GMT
... major endeavors as MSHA's boss will be to unveil a comprehensive plan for ending black lung disease. He indicated a plan could be made public in the next two weeks. Along ...

New MSHA boss vows to study d... 21 Nov 2009 20:11 GMT
... major endeavors as MSHA's boss will be to unveil a comprehensive plan for ending black lung disease. He indicated a plan could be made public in the next two weeks. Along ...
Obama plans quick action on black lung, new MSHA chief says 20 Nov 2009 23:51 GMT
... to tighten dust limits in underground coal mines and take other steps "to end black lung disease," the new head of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said Friday. Joe ...
New mine-safety director to target causes of black-lung disease 20 Nov 2009 21:57 GMT
... The nation's new top mine-safety regulator plans to move quickly on a plan to lower miners' exposure ...
Miner may go under knife to prove point 17 Nov 2009 00:17 GMT
... from the disease, which is correctly called pneumoconiosis. "This way, I have a chance at ... he saw thought he had indeed developed black lung disease and one month later, the diagnosis ...
Report details 'coal's assault on human health' 18 Nov 2009 20:54 GMT
... the last 10 years alone the deaths of at least 10,000 coal miners to black lung disease. And, it notes degradation of the environment from surface mining and the potential contamination ...

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Report details coals assault on human health 18 Nov 2009 21:11 GMT
... the last 10 years alone the deaths of at least 10,000 coal miners to black lung disease. And, it notes degradation of the environment from surface mining and the potential contamination ...
Joseph A. Main: Farmington disaster led to landmark safety law 20 Nov 2009 05:36 GMT
... mine dust and, for the first time, provided government benefits for miners disabled by black lung disease. In the wake of the 1976 Scotia mine disaster in Kentucky that killed 26 ...
Coal poses major health threat, physicians group warns 19 Nov 2009 15:50 GMT
... in fatal injuries and is associated with chronic health problems among miners, such as black lung disease, which causes permanent scarring of the lung tissues," it notes. In addition, communities near ...
A sickening plea 20 Nov 2009 04:37 GMT
... as a courtesy to those of us who did not show up with the black lung. I know all of your friends love being sprayed with phlegm and diseased saliva but I ...
What's Happening - Nov. 16, 2009 16 Nov 2009 02:10 GMT
... more information at 304-731-0262. Benefits counseling for coal miner and widow applicants for Federal Black Lung, 10 a.m. to noon, UMWA District 17, New Raleigh Road, Beckley. Sponsored by New River ...
High stakes in Appalachia as greens battle Big Coal 15 Nov 2009 10:52 GMT
... Scarbro, 54, a coal miner's widow and mother of four, whose husband died of black lung a day after his 65th birthday, the price of 35 years toiling in the dust in ...
Paonia man arrested in miner's death in 1981 13 Nov 2009 01:42 GMT
... days off from work in Somerset due to a work stoppage protesting cutbacks in black lung disease benefits. He was last seen in Glenwood Springs. Kelley says the arrest warrant affidavit ...
Colorado: Paonia man arrested in miner's death in 1981 13 Nov 2009 01:53 GMT
... days off from work in Somerset due to a work stoppage protesting cutbacks in black lung disease benefits. He was last seen in Glenwood Springs. Kelley says the arrest warrant affidavit ...
Health Care, Not Assimilation 14 Nov 2009 19:11 GMT
... While the health care reform debate continues throughout the country, ... 1950's, cases of lung cancer, pulmonary fibrosis, pneumoconiosis, silicosis, tuberculosis, birth defects, kidney damage and ...