Posts tagged ‘National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’

NPR Revisits Black Lung Resurgence with Coverage of NIOSH Panel—NPR’s Count of Miners with Severe Black Lung Now at 2,000

Yesterday National Public Radio ran a piece by Howard Berkes following up on his important reporting from earlier this year about the alarming resurgence of severe…

NIOSH Expands Coal Workers’ Health Evaluation Program

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is expanding its national program of health surveillance for coal miners. In accordance with the Mine Safety and…

NIOSH Study Finds Coal Miners at Small Mines More Likely to Have Black Lung

In 1998, the Louisville Courier-Journal ran “Dust, Deception and Death,” a five-part investigation into the shocking prevalence of black lung in the mining industry. One story…