ACLC Clients Featured in Huffington Post Story on Black Lung
The Huffington Post is out with a story today highlighting several ACLC clients in western Kentucky who have been subjected to poor coal dust conditions, mine…
Medical Research Shows Importance of Role of Silica in Rapidly Progressing Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis
The American Thoracic Society has posted the abstract of a paper written by some of the world’s leading coal workers’ pneumoconiosis medical researchers. The paper provides…
Medical Study of Pakistani Coal Miners Reports 71% Have Respiratory Health Problems, 49.5% Have Pneumoconiosis
The Pakistani medical journal Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute has published a study of Pakistani miners in Cherat, Nowshera District. The study titled “Prevalence of Pneumoconiosis…
MSHA Announces Final Coal Dust Rule
For the first time since 1972, the Department of Labor has passed new respirable coal dust standards for U.S. coal mines. The updated limit, which was originally proposed…
GAO Report Agrees with Using Science, National Approach to Reduce Coal Mine Dust Exposure
The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report on MSHA’s proposal to lower the exposure limit for respirable coal mine dust. The report,…
NIOSH Announces Free Black Lung Screenings in Southwest U.S.
Beginning this month the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (“NIOSH”) is traveling from Louisiana to Arizona to provide coal miners with free, confidential screenings…
Department of Labor Announces Support for Black Lung Claimants
Today the Department of Labor made three policy changes that help miners win and defend their federal black lung benefits. The changes are marginal steps in…
NIOSH Researchers Release Study Supporting Digital X-Rays in Black Lung Claims
Researchers affiliated with the NIOSH Surveillance Branch have released a study which supports the use of digital radiography in the black lung context. As described by…
Policy Paper on Occupational Lung Disease in South Africa
The Yale Global Health Justice Partnership just released an impressive policy paper on occupational lung disease in South Africa. The paper provides an interesting comparative overview…