black lung disease

the morning cram [killer coal edition]

Shelly Baskin — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 12:26:10 +0000

From NPR: Cases of Black Lung surge as an investigation by NPR and CPI uncovers regulators' inability to control a deadly disease.

the morning cram [all the single fellas edition]

Gary Pitts — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:39:03 +0000

NPR reports more and more dad's are going it alone, choosing to be single fathers.

Surface Coal Miners Get Black Lung Too

Erica Peterson (KPR) — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:57:00 +0000

A new study shows black lung disease isn’t limited to just coal miners who work underground. Studies for coal workers’ pneumoconiosis—or black lung disease—haven’t been done on surface miners in a decade, and the miners were commonly thought to be less at risk for the disease than underground workers.