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New study shows black lung and silicosis among U.S. surface coal miners, not just a problem for underground miners
Posted by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH of George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services on June 19, 2012
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A x-ray surveillance program finds nearly four dozen cases of coal workers pneumoconiosis among surface coal miners in the U.S., while coal operators including Alpha Natural Resources and CONSOL Energy insist that workers on strip mining jobs aren’t exposed to enough dust to cause disease.