Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Miner-with-Black-Lung-in-Appalachia-27MZIFIS1KJF.htmlConceptually similarMiner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP02F8ECompleted★★★★Miner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP02F8GCompleted★★★★Miner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP02F8HCompleted★★★★Miner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP02F8ICompleted★★★★Miner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP11PMCompleted★★★★Miner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP02F8DCompleted★★★★Miner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP11PUCompleted★★★★Miner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP02F8XCompleted★★★★Miner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP02F8YCompleted★★★★View AllGP02F8FMiner with Black Lung in AppalachiaA former coal miner suffering from black lung disease lies on his bed. He cannot get benefits because he has lost all the paper work documenting his work in the mines. Additionionally, the mines have changed owners and names so many times that they can no longer be traced. Doctors continue to deny that he has black lung although he cannot breath and is on oxygen at all times.Locations:Appalachian Mountains-North America-United States of America-West VirginiaDate:31 May, 2011Credit:© GreenpeaceMaximum size:4752px X 3168pxKeywords:Climate (campaign title)-Coal mining-Hands-Health-Hospitals-Illness-Indoors-KWCI (GPI)-Men-Miners-One person-SleepingShoot: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.
