Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Health-Care-in-Appalachia-27MDHU3OCX.htmlConceptually similarMiner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP11PXCompleted★★★★Miner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP11PWCompleted★★★★Black Lung Disease in AppalachiaGP02F8UCompleted★★★★Black Lung Disease in AppalachiaGP11PTCompleted★★★★★★Miner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP11PYCompleted★★★★Action at Decommissioned Submarine at Norfolk Naval Base in the USGP0SJICompleted★★★★Dakota Access Pipeline Blockade (U.S.)GP0STQAF4Completed★★★★Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling Tower in ColoradoGP0STPXH3Completed★★★★★★Mountaintop Removal Rally in WashingtonGP049BACompleted★★★★View AllGP11PLHealth Care in AppalachiaA tattered American flag hangs from a house in the mining town of Norfolk. Health care is an unaffordable luxury in Norfolk and surrounding McDowell County. Around 75% of people here have little to no health insurance, some have no access at all. McDowell County, one of the poorest counties in the United States, also has some of the highest rates of diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and respiratory problems.Locations:Appalachian Mountains-North America-United States of America-West VirginiaDate:26 Oct, 2008Credit:© GreenpeaceMaximum size:5100px X 3400pxKeywords:Climate (campaign title)-Coal mining-Day-Flags-Grass-Health-Houses-Illness-KWCI (GPI)-Mountains-Outdoors-VillagesShoot: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.Related Collections:Increase in Black Lung Disease in West Virginia
