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Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

Despite decades-old law, cheating, legal loopholes expose miners to deadly dust.

Excerpts from this story referencing "pneumoconiosis":

"… 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 …"

Dust reforms stymied by years of inaction

By Ken Ward Jr.

For more than a quarter-century, government efforts to end black lung have hit brick walls

Excerpts from this story referencing "pneumoconiosis":

"… 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 …"

GOP budget move stalls black lung plan

By Ken Ward Jr.

Legislative maneuver bars regulators from implementing or enforcing a proposal to reduce miners' exposure to coal dust

Excerpts from this story referencing "pneumoconiosis":

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