Posted 9/15 /2014 It is a very serious situation hitting Kentucky Virginia and West Virginia the hardest. In addition it takes 15 years sometimes for black lung benefits if they dont get get completely cheated out Many die in the process. Black Lung Disease Rates Skyrocket To Highest Levels Since 1970s Posted: 09/15/2014 3:47 pm EDT Updated: 09/16/2014 8:59 am EDT MINER BLACK LUNG The proportion of coal miners who suffer from an advanced form of black lung disease has skyrocketed in central Appalachia in recent years, according to experts with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. In a letter published Monday in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the NIOSH scientists wrote that the prevalence of progressive massive fibrosis, or PMF, a particularly lethal form of black lung, had reached its highest rate since the 1970s in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia. Each of these cases is a tragedy and represents a failure among all those responsible for preventing this severe disease, wrote David J. Blackley and Cara N. Halldin, officials with NIOSH, a branch of the Centers for Disease Control.
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 17:34:21 +0000
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