"… anch is located.“There’s no question that there will always be dust in coal mining,” Dr. Edward Petsonk, a physician and professor at West Virginia Univers …"

"… some have argued.“If you’re going to make a big portion of underground coal mining uneconomic, what does that do for employment and meeting the nation’s en …"

"… test-progressing form of the disease, known as complicated coal workers’ pneumoconiosis. James and the oldest Marcum son, Thomas, 59, have a simpler form, but Jam …"

"… during the period of his entire life without incurring any disability from pneumoconiosis or any other occupation-related disease during or at the end of such perio …"

"… go physician and leading expert on black lung.Black lung, or coal workers' pneumoconiosis, is an irreversible and potentially debilitating disease caused by exposur …"

"… er and NPR documented a recent increase in cases of deadly coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, commonly known as black lung. It highlighted rampant cheating on dust sam …"