Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Black-Lung-Disease-in-Appalachia-27MZIFIS1ZD3.htmlConceptually similarBlack Lung Disease in AppalachiaGP11PTCompleted★★★★★★Miner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP11PWCompleted★★★★Miner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP11PXCompleted★★★★Health Care in AppalachiaGP11PLCompleted★★★★Miner at Health Clinic in AppalachiaGP11PICompleted★★★★Miner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP11POCompleted★★★★Miner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP02F8LCompleted★★★★Miner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP11PYCompleted★★★★Miner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP02F96Completed★★★★View AllGP02F8UBlack Lung Disease in AppalachiaA medical expert in Black Lung disease examines the chest x-ray of a coal miner at the Tug River Black Lung Clinic where he comes once a week. Health care is an unaffordable luxury in McDowell County where about 75% of people have little or no health insurance and one of the highest levels of diabetes and other health problems in the United States.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-Hands-Health-Illness-Indoors-KWCI (GPI)-Men-Miners-One person-Physicians-SilhouettesShoot: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.
