With a handful of months to go before 2022 becomes 2023, a long-gestating and crucial piece of legislation from the previous year is getting another chance at passage in the U.S. Senate. The Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2021 would help miners stricken with...
Month: July 2022
Revisiting symptoms of black lung
With an alarming number of new black lung diagnoses and an even more troubling trend of younger miners contracting the disease, revisiting the telltale signs and causes of the deadly disease is essential. Black lung remains a problem in search of a solution. Countless...
Liabilities grow while the coal industry shrinks
The push for renewable energy continues. Most impacted is the coal industry, which continues to shrink at a rapid rate. In addition, insurance-related liabilities have skyrocketed due to a significant increase in black lung diagnoses. Estimates of the costs range from...
A surge in black lung diagnoses
The road to ridding the coal mining industry of black lung disease has hit yet another roadblock. University of Illinois-Chicago researchers published their findings in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society. They found lung tissue in the current workforce...