Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1
  • Breathless and Betrayed: What is MSHA Doing to Protect Miners from the Resurgence of Black Lung Disease?(
  • Prepared Statement of Hon. Alma S. Adams, Chairwoman, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
  • Prepared Statement of Hon. Bradley Byrne, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
  • Testimony of Robert Cohen, MD, FCCP, Clinical Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois School of Public Health
  • Statement of Robert Cohen, MD, FCCP, Mining Education and Research Center University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health
  • Evidence of Resurgent Severe Pneumoconiosis in U.S. Underground Coal Miners
  • Surveillance of Active Miners
  • Disease in Former Miners
  • Increases in Mortality
  • Conclusion
  • What Is the Role of Silica in Resurgent Severe Coal Mine Dust Lung Disease?
  • Radiographic Evidence
  • Pathologic Evidence
  • Mineralogic Evidence
  • Conclusion
  • Recommendations
  • References
  • Testimony of Gary Hairston, Vice President, Fayette County Black Lung Association
  • Testimony of Gary Hairston, o/b/o the National Black Lung Association, U.S. House of Representation, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, "Breathless and Betrayed: What is MSHA Doing to Protect Miners from the Resurgence of Black Lung," June 20, 2019
  • Excise Tax on Coal
  • Affordable Care Act
  • Testimony of Bruce Watzman, Former Member, National Mining Association
  • Testimony of Bruce Watzman, Before the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, U.S. House Representatives on "Breathless and Betrayed: What is MSHA Doing to Protect Miners from the Resurgence of Black Lung Disease?" June 20, 2019
  • Testimony of Cecil Roberts, President, United Mine Workers of America
  • Testimony of Cecil E. Roberts, before the United States House of Representatives, Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, June 20, 2019
  • The History of Black Lung in the United States
  • All White Center Tampering (AWC) Case
  • The Coal Mine Respirable Dust Task Group
  • Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Pneumoconiosis among the Nation's Coal Workers
  • Stanford Review
  • Louisville Courier Journal
  • Previous Congressional Hearings
  • National Public Radio and Center for Public Integrity
  • Armstrong Coal Company
  • After the Diagnosis
  • A Special Place in Hell
  • Black Lung Trust Fund
  • Testimony of John Howard, MD, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health