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  • Left Lane Cruiser - All You Can Eat!! 24 Nov 2009 16:50 GMT
    ... Sometimes music sounds raw because it is raw, and Left Lane Cruisers' third album, is about ...

  • Clitheroe family take asbestos death case to Court of Appeal 23 Nov 2009 10:35 GMT
    ... A CLITHEROE family is at the heart of a ... Scheme or under the terms of the Pneumoconiosis (Workers Compensation) Act 1979. However, in a ...

  • MSHA director seeks to end black lung disease 21 Nov 2009 06:21 GMT
    ... MSHA director seeks to end black lung disease Ending black lung disease will be ... will benefit miners greatly.” Black lung, or pneumoconiosis, is caused by the prolonged breathing of ...

  • Obama plans quick action on black lung, new MSHA chief says 20 Nov 2009 23:51 GMT
    ... to tighten dust limits in underground coal mines and take other steps "to end black lung disease," the new head of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said Friday. Joe ...

  • New mine-safety director to target causes of black-lung disease 20 Nov 2009 21:57 GMT
    ... The nation's new top mine-safety regulator plans to move quickly on a plan to lower miners' exposure ...

  • Ukraine flu turns into black lung epidemic, kills 12 in one day 22 Nov 2009 22:33 GMT
    ... Over the last month, only a handful of news outlets have reported on the recent health crisis occurring ...

  • Coal dust limits will tighten, MSHA chief says 21 Nov 2009 05:12 GMT
    ... to tighten dust limits in underground coal mines and take other steps "to end black lung disease," the new head of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said Friday. Joe ...

  • MSHA to target black lung's cause 21 Nov 2009 11:54 GMT
    ... give immediate results, Main said. "I think you'll see our comprehensive plan on ending black lung unveiled" in about two weeks, Main said. MSHA said earlier this year it planned to ...

  • Report details 'coal's assault on human health' 18 Nov 2009 20:54 GMT
    ... the last 10 years alone the deaths of at least 10,000 coal miners to black lung disease. And, it notes degradation of the environment from surface mining and the potential contamination ...

  • Report details coals assault on human health 18 Nov 2009 21:11 GMT
    ... the last 10 years alone the deaths of at least 10,000 coal miners to black lung disease. And, it notes degradation of the environment from surface mining and the potential contamination ...

  • Joseph A. Main: Farmington disaster led to landmark safety law 20 Nov 2009 05:36 GMT
    ... mine dust and, for the first time, provided government benefits for miners disabled by black lung disease. In the wake of the 1976 Scotia mine disaster in Kentucky that killed 26 ...

  • Coal poses major health threat, physicians group warns 19 Nov 2009 15:50 GMT
    ... in fatal injuries and is associated with chronic health problems among miners, such as black lung disease, which causes permanent scarring of the lung tissues," it notes. In addition, communities near ...

  • Profile: Debra Trent 22 Nov 2009 05:15 GMT
    ... to be a nurse,” she said. “I worked at old Beckley Hospital, then a black lung clinic, but I found home care in 1984. That was my niche, and that's where ...

  • New MSHA boss vows to study deep cover mines 21 Nov 2009 01:15 GMT
    ... major endeavors as MSHA's boss will be to unveil a comprehensive plan for ending black lung disease. He indicated a plan could be made public in the next two weeks. Along ...

  • New MSHA boss vows to study d... 21 Nov 2009 20:11 GMT
    ... major endeavors as MSHA's boss will be to unveil a comprehensive plan for ending black lung disease. He indicated a plan could be made public in the next two weeks. Along ...


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