Podcasts about black lung disease

Governor Eric Holcomb helped break ground Tuesday on the first project of READI 2.0, the second phase of the state's regional economic development initiative. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development will receive more than $1.2 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to expand state Registered Apprenticeship programs. June's revenue report reveals Indiana did not collect enough taxes to meet its budget plan. After decades of strict regulation, rates of Black Lung Disease have started to increase in the coal industry. Want to go deeper on the stories you hear on WFYI News Now? Visit wfyi.org/news and follow us on social media to get comprehensive analysis and local news daily. Subscribe to WFYI News Now wherever you get your podcasts. Today's episode of WFYI News Now was produced by Drew Daudelin and Abriana Herron, with support from News Director Sarah Neal-Estes.

Dr. Drew Harris, MD, FCCP is a lung doctor who specializes in lung disease related to coal mine dust and is passionate about healthcare for rural and disadvantaged populations. He serves as the medical director of the Black Lung Program at Stone Mountain Health Services in southwest Virginia. He joins me today to discuss the black lung crisis in Central Appalachia, where over 1000 people have been diagnosed recently with progressive massive fibrosis, the most feared form of black lung disease. We discuss today what causes this completely preventable disease, how we can prevent it, and what makes for effective and equitable advocacy in often toxic political climates. To Do: 1- Contact your members of Congress to tell them that you are worried about the health of people who produce our energy. Insist on occupational safety standard improvement for coal workers and other miners.  2- From coal workers lung disease to pollution of local communities to climate change, energy derived from coal is unhealthy. See what you can do in your own community to transition off of fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources.  3- Learn more about this issue from the Appalachian Voice at appvoices.org. 4- If you work in healthcare or have someone in your life affected by lung disease, look into Chest Advocates to learn more about how to advocate in your own community. 5- If you want a framework for how to start advocating, check out the “Clean Air and Climate Advocacy for Busy People” episode from earlier in the season. 6 - Consider a donation to the Appalachian Citizens Law Center at aclc.org who provides free legal representation to coal miners. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit blog post for more information, or go to airhealthourhealth.org. Follow and comment on Facebook page and Instagram.  Record a question or comment on the podcast site or send an e-mail via the website.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/airhealthourhealth/message

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As any proud West Virginian knows, the history of mining in the United States is tied tightly to the history of the labor movement. This was partially to address something known as coal worker's pneumoconiosis, also known as black lung disease. Though unions may have won the battle for recognition, the war against this disease continues to this day.

In this new episode we hear from Artist and Researcher Ernie Roby-Tomic in the wake of his recently released, online exhibition *Exposing Coal Seams and Appalachian Fatalism with Digital Apparatuses* published in the (online) Nordic Journal for Artistic Research. Ernie Roby-Tomic is a multimedia artist and researcher who uses, among many mediums and methods, music, poetry, archival research, video game design, GIS and 3D printing via the paradigms of Electracy and Verticality to tell the stories of resource extraction of rural coal country culture in West Virginia in the United states. The view the exhibit visit: https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/748182/903553/3503/8621 Visit ErnieRoby.com for more info about Ernie's work Visit www.transnaturalperspectives.com for more info on the podcast, blog, writing services, and how you can become a supporter of the show. Follow on @Transnatualpod on Twitter / Facebook / Instagram / Youtube/ Medium. Please Share, Subscribe & Support! Music by Fazerklang SFX: freesounds.org TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction (Listen! Share! Subscribe! Donate! Enjoy!) 00:05:00 All about balkan brass music and the Guca festival in Serbia 00:10:00 How we know each others, Florida and The Moonbus Fesitval 00:15.:00 Ernie's Art, Sleep Science and Labor movements in Late Capitalist Society 00:19:15 Reclamation: Exhibition on Resource extraction culture in Appalachia 00:24:00 Growing up in an Appalachian Coal mining culture 00:26:00 History of the Appalachian mountains and Coal mining 00:29:30 Politicization of the Coal Industry 00:36:20 Influence of Black Lung Disease and Japanese Video Games 00:44:20 Mining for Data recreating coal mining maps 00:56:00 Theory of Electracy, Heuristics & Talking through the bodies of miners 01:08:45 Walking us through the Exhibition Landscape 01:18:00 Redneck activism and Politics role in Coal Country 01:28:00 The Green Bank Observatory: Themes of paradox and verticality at the intersection of environment, society and industry. 01:34:45 Connection and reclamation through technology and familial relations 01:37:45 Appalachian Fatalism: The coal cycle, Disaster Ballads and Feminist Critique 01:55:00 Energy Extraction: Performance Project on the Sago Mine disaster, Doom Tubas and Sleep https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm6j3y84_0g&t=256s 02:08:00 Are you making Electracy? 02:11:00 Final Reflections --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnatural-perspectives/message

Join Barbara Ellen Smith and Chris Hamby as the discuss their new books, Digging our Own Graves and Soul Full of Coal Dust. Employment and production in the Appalachian coal industry have plummeted over recent decades. But the lethal black lung disease, once thought to be near-eliminated, affects miners at rates never before recorded. Digging Our Own Graves: Coal Miners and the Struggle over Black Lung Disease sets this epidemic in the context of the brutal assault, begun in the 1980s and continued since, on the United Mine Workers of America and the collective power of rank-and-file coal miners in the heart of the Appalachian coalfields. This destruction of militancy and working class power reveals the unacknowledged social and political roots of a health crisis that is still barely acknowledged by the state and coal industry. Barbara Ellen Smith 's essential study, now with an updated introduction and conclusion, charts the struggles of miners and their families from the birth of the Black Lung Movement in 1968 to the present-day importance of demands for environmental justice through proposals like the Green New Deal. Through extensive interviews with participants and her own experiences as an activist, the author provides a vivid portrait of communities struggling for survival against the corporate extraction of labor, mineral wealth, and the very breath of those it sends to dig their own graves. In Soul Full of Coal Dust: A Fight for Breath and Justice in Appalachia Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hamby uncovers the tragic resurgence of black lung disease in Appalachia, its Big Coal cover-up, and the resilient mining communities who refuse to back down. Decades ago, a grassroots uprising forced Congress to enact long-overdue legislation designed to virtually eradicate black lung disease and provide fair compensation to coal miners stricken with the illness. Today, however, both promises remain unfulfilled. Levels of disease have surged, the old scourge has taken an aggressive new form, and ailing miners and widows have been left behind by a dizzying legal system, denied even modest payments and medical care. In this urgent work of investigative journalism, Hamby traces the unforgettable story of how these trends converge in the lives of two men: Gary Fox, a black lung-stricken West Virginia coal miner determined to raise his family from poverty, and John Cline, an idealistic carpenter. ---------------------------------------------------- Speakers: Barbara Ellen Smith is professor of women's and gender studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and the author of Digging Our Own Graves: Coal Miners and the Struggle over Black Lung Disease. Chris Hamby is an investigative reporter at The New York Times. He won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 2014 and was a finalist for the prize in international reporting in 2017. He has covered a range of subjects, including labor, public health, the environment, criminal justice, politics and international trade. A native of Nashville, Tennessee, he lives and works in Washington, D.C. He is the author of Soul Full of Coal Dust: A Fight for Breath and Justice in Appalachia. ---------------------------------------------------- Get a copy of Digging Our Own Graves here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1521-digging-our-own-graves Get a copy of Soul Full of Coal Dust here: https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/chris-hamby/soul-full-of-coal-dust/9780316299497/ Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/MKjnYpLY0ow Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

On this edition of Your Call, we're rebroadcasting our conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hamby about his new book, Soul Full of Coal Dust: A Fight for Breath and Justice in Appalachia .

Black lung disease among coal miners is often thought of as a relic of the past, thanks to environmental laws. The disease is completely preventable, but a distinguished reporter and author has still found plenty of it among today’s miners. He discusses his findings and why it’s still going on.

On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hamby discusses his new book Soul Full of Coal Dust: A Fight for Breath and Justice in Appalachia.

Black lung disease presents a significant, long-term liability exposure for coal companies, risk pools, and governments – a liability complicated by climate change and its effects on the industry. After the number of reported cases declined in the late 1990s, a recent CDC report indicates that trend has reversed and that cases of black lung in miners are the highest they've been since recordkeeping began in the early 1970s. In this episode of Critical Point, Milliman consultants Christine Fleming and Travis Grulkowski discuss what this means for companies and insurers looking to manage this risk for their employees.

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By Jared Samuelson Dr. John Cordle joins Jared (@jwsc03) to discuss Navy culture, fatigue (mostly) in the surface force, and possible solutions on episode 161 of CIMSEC’s Sea Control! Download Sea Control 161 – Fatigue is the Navy’s Black Lung Disease with Dr. John Cordle Links Fatigue is the Navy’s Black Lung Disease by Dr. John … Continue reading Sea Control 161 – Fatigue is the Navy’s Black Lung Disease with Dr. John Cordle →

This week we're bringing you a interview with NPR's Howard Berkes about the proliferation of black lung disease among coal miners in Appalachia. It comes from our sister podcast called Energy Explained, produced by the public radio collaboration StateImpact Pennsylvania  The interview covers not just this administration's current policies on coal mine safety but those of previous administrations. And it really is an important piece of reporting that Berkes and his team did. 

Two coal miners from Appalachia open up about the risks and challenges of mining. Michael Ray Whitten from West Virginia and Nick Mullins from Kentucky come from families that have been mining for generations. They talk to show host, Peterson Toscano, about the physical toll mining had on their fathers. After seeing the damage to miners and to the land, they are now speaking out about the need to transition away from coal mining jobs. Dr. Nathasha DeJarnett from the National Environmental Health Association joins the conversation to talk about Black Lung Disease and the health risks miners in rural communities face. Listen in to this informative and moving discussion. Art House In the art house you will meet Michelle Irizarry. She a visual artist living in Orlando, Florida, USA. Michelle is is also a civil engineer. As a result of climate change, she has seen a big transformation in her work as a artist. Hear about her powerful new paintings and the role of art in her life as she deepens her understanding of climate change. She her art at https://miriza.squarespace.com Puzzler We also have answers to last month’s puzzler: What do you say your co-worker, Janet, wants nothing to do with your bipartisan climate group because it includes Conservatives? Two listeners share how they would address Janet’s fears and doubts. New Puzzler Question At a family gathering you are chatting with your cousin, Dan. You mention climate change and he has a meltdown. He says, “I feel so discouraged. All over the world you have leaders in Brazil, the US, and parts of Canada opposing any action on climate change. I hate to give up but maybe we just have to wait a couple of years before we can do anything about it.” What do you say to Dan to help address this discouragement she has? If national leaders are not acting on climate change, what can we do? Send your answers to Peterson by February 15, 2019. Leave your name, contact info, and where you are from. You can email your answers to radio @ citizensclimate.org or leave a voicemail of 3 minutes or less at 518.595.9414. (+1 if calling from outside the USA.)  Dig Deeper --Nick Mullins and Breaking Clean https://www.breakclean.com --Michael Ray Whitten speaks about his coal mining family https://youtu.be/CopU8exgcUI --Prevalence of Black Lung Continues to Increase among U.S. Coal Miners (NIOSH)  https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/updates/upd-07-20-18.html --4th National Climate Assessment Rural Communities Section (USGCRP) 2018) https://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/sectors/rural-communities --An Epidemic is Killing Thousands of Coal Miners—Regulators Could have Stopped It (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2018/12/18/675253856/an-epidemic-is-killing-thousands-of-coal-miners-regulators-could-have-stopped-it --Pneumoconioses Fact Sheet (CDC) https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/pneumoconioses/default.html --Breaking Clean https://www.breakclean.com You can hear Citizens’ Climate Radio on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, SoundCloud, Podbean, Northern Spirit Radio, Google Play, PlayerFM, and TuneIn Radio. Also, feel free to connect with other listeners, suggest program ideas, and respond to programs in the Citizens’ Climate Radio Facebook group or on Twitter at @CitizensCRadio.

1 in 5 veteran miners now has Black Lung, and yet the Black Lung Disability Fund is at risk of effectively disappearing. This week a group of retired miners, widows, lawyers and organizers traveled from Appalachia to Washington D.C. to lobby on Capitol Hill. In this episode of Mountain Talk we chat with some of them about their personal experiences with Black Lung Disease, and their work to try to save the Black Lung Trust Fund. We hear from retired miners Bethel Brock and Jimmy Moore, Patty Amburgey who lost her husband to Black Lung, and Appalachian Citizens' Law Center's Evan Smith.

The air in and around coal mines is full of tiny mineral particles created during the mining process. Inhaling too much of this air can cause what’s called coal workers’ pneumoconiosis – better known as black lung disease. For a while, greater awareness and improved mining conditions led the number of cases to drop, but that trend has reversed in recent years. We talked with Dr. Edward Petsonk of West Virginia University about the resurgence of black lung disease and the impact that this illness has on miners and local mining communities.

Discussion of how coal workers pneumoconiosis (so-called black lung disease) may be re-emerging among coal miners in Queensland, Australia.

with Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen

with Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen

In 1969, Congress passed the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act to help miners who, as a result of their work, developed pneumoconiosis, an occupational sickness more commonly known as black lung disease. The Act provides medical and financial benefits for those who qualify as well as death benefits for their beneficiaries. On this episode of Workers Comp Matters, host Alan Pierce interviews Joseph E. Allman, an expert trial attorney from Indiana. Together they discuss the causes of black lung disease, its latent or progressive manifestation, and legal presumptions based on years of exposure. In some cases, representation for plaintiffs can be free of charge. Tune in to learn more about determination of disability, administrative hearings, and the concept of responsible operator. Don’t forget to wait for the Case of The Day, where Alan reveals the dangers of smoking marijuana and working with bears. Special thanks to our sponsor, PInow.

with Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen

with Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen

A recent investigation found the rate of miners diagnosed with Black Lung Disease is surging after nearly three decades of decline. Some blame lenient regulations, lax enforcement, even manipulation of air samples from mines. Lawyer2Lawyer co-hosts and attorneys, Bob Ambrogi and Craig Williams, get the reasons behind this shocking increase and a breakdown of Black Lung litigation from Chris Hamby, the author of the Center for Public Integrity report, and Attorney Stephen Sanders, the director of Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center.