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Keywords
Climate (campaign title)
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Coal
Coal mining
Health
Illness
Indoors
KWCI (GPI)
Men
Miners
One person
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Miner with Black Lung in Appalachia
A 74-year-old miner suffering from end stage black lung disease, lies in bed close to death. His black lung benefits were just taken away from him by the coal company where he worked in the cleaning plant for 22 years. He died the day after this photo was taken.
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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:
GP02F9Q
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
03/06/2011
Locations:
Appalachian Mountains
,
North America
,
United States of America
,
West Virginia
Credit line:
© Greenpeace
Size:
4752px × 3168px 9.98 MB
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)