Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Black-Lung-Disease-in-Appalachia-27MZIFIS1T8Z.htmlConceptually similarHealth Care in AppalachiaGP02F8QCompleted★★★★Health Care in AppalachiaGP02F8SCompleted★★★★Health Care in AppalachiaGP02F8TCompleted★★★★Miner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP02F8XCompleted★★★★Miner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP02F8YCompleted★★★★Miner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP02F8ZCompleted★★★★Miner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP02F90Completed★★★★Miner at Health Clinic in AppalachiaGP11PICompleted★★★★Black Lung Disease in AppalachiaGP11PTCompleted★★★★★★View AllGP02F8RBlack Lung Disease in AppalachiaDoors at the Tug River Black Lung Clinic in Gary. Each year, an average of 24,000 Americans die as a result of pollution from coal-fired power plants, including 2,800 from lung cancer.Locations:Appalachian Mountains-North America-United States of America-West VirginiaDate:31 May, 2011Credit:© GreenpeaceMaximum size:4752px X 3168pxKeywords:Climate (campaign title)-Coal-Coal mining-Health-Hospitals-Illness-Indoors-KWCI (GPI)Shoot:Health Impacts on West Virginia Coal MinersA documentation on retired miners suffering from Black Lung and other lung diseases. They have been denied benefits for Black Lung Disease and are dying from the impacts of breathing coal dust.
