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Climate (campaign title)
Coal
Coal mining
Health
Houses
Illness
Indoors
KWCI (GPI)
Men
Miners
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Miner with Black Lung in Appalachia

A former coal miner suffering from black lung disease has a coughing fit in his home. More than 10,000 American miners have died from black lung in the past ten years and 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. 
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Health Impacts on West Virginia Coal Miners

A 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. 
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Unique identifier: GP02F9L 
Type: Image 
Shoot date: 03/06/2011 
Locations: Appalachian Mountains, North America, United States of America, West Virginia
Credit line: © Greenpeace 
Size: 4752px × 3168px     7.77 MB 
Ranking: ★★★★ (E)