May 28 Economy Questions And Anxiety Mount Over COVID-19 Workplace Safety As More Businesses Reopen Gail Fleck is a school cafeteria worker in the greater Cincinnati area and lives with her 90-year-old father. She loves her job because she gets to work with kids. But she is worried she won’t be able to keep her dad safe if her work exposes her to the coronavirus and she unknowingly brings it […] By Becca Schimmel May 28 Economy Questions And Anxiety Mount Over COVID-19 Workplace Safety As More Businesses Reopen Becca Schimmel
Feb 5 Health Scientists, Mine Safety Officials Discuss Black Lung Protections Officials with the Mine Safety and Health Administration met for the first time with miners’ health researchers Wednesday in a new partnership designed to discuss ways to better protect coal miners from the dust that causes black lung disease. In future meetings, representatives from the two agencies will discuss recommendations made by the National Academy […] By Sydney Boles Feb 5 Health Scientists, Mine Safety Officials Discuss Black Lung Protections Sydney Boles
Dec 10 Energy & Environment Study Shows Surface Coal Miners Are Exposed To Toxic Dust That Causes Black Lung Appalachian surface coal miners are consistently overexposed to toxic silica dust, according to new research from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and surface mine dust contains more silica than does dust in underground coal mines. The research is the first to specifically analyze long-term data on exposure to toxic silica dust for […] By Sydney Boles Dec 10 Energy & Environment Study Shows Surface Coal Miners Are Exposed To Toxic Dust That Causes Black Lung Sydney Boles
Jun 7 Energy & Environment As Calls For Action On Black Lung Disease Grow, Regulators Show Little Indication Of Change Harold Sturgill was disabled by black lung disease when he was 58 years old. Now he advocates for disabled miners. “When it comes to the mining companies, and it comes to the worker, it’s still all about production,” Sturgill said. “They could care less about me, how much dust I suck in, or how long […] By Sydney Boles Jun 7 Energy & Environment As Calls For Action On Black Lung Disease Grow, Regulators Show Little Indication Of Change Sydney Boles
May 16 Energy & Environment Lung Transplants Rise Amid Region’s Black Lung Epidemic The Appalachian coalfields are in the midst of an epidemic of severe black lung disease. The debilitating and even deadly disease has recently begun to affect miners as young as 30. Dust from coal mines has scarred these miners’ lungs, so little of the air they breathe gets absorbed. In central Appalachia, researchers say, one […] By Benny Becker May 16 Energy & Environment Lung Transplants Rise Amid Region’s Black Lung Epidemic Benny Becker