Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Miner-with-Black-Lung-in-Appalachia-27MZIFISMU5F.htmlConceptually similarMiner with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP02F97Completed★★★★Miner at Health Clinic in AppalachiaGP11PICompleted★★★★Black Lung Disease in AppalachiaGP02F8UCompleted★★★★Black Lung Disease in AppalachiaGP11PTCompleted★★★★★★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 with Black Lung in AppalachiaGP02F8CCompleted★★★★View AllGP02F96Miner with Black Lung in AppalachiaA former coal miner looks at a recent x-ray that shows his chest white with black lung disease caused by breathing coal dust in 37 years of mining. 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:26 Oct, 2008Credit:© GreenpeaceMaximum size:4752px X 3168pxKeywords:Back lit-Climate (campaign title)-Close ups-Coal-Coal mining-Day-Elderly-Equipment-Health-Illness-Indoors-KWCI (GPI)-Men-Miners-One person-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.Related Collections:Increase in Black Lung Disease in West Virginia
