Sentences with phrase «causes black lung»

Ken Ward, Jr., of the Charleston Gazette has been writing about this issue for years, and recently catalogued the industry's repeated efforts to fight safety standards that would control the mining dust that causes black lung.

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Federal officials said black lung has caused roughly 78,000 deaths since the late 1960s and there has been a resurgence of it in recent years, especially in eastern Kentucky.

But because of the small soot particles» adverse health effects (their size allows them to enter the lungs, where they can cause respiratory distress), limiting black carbon production will have beneficial effects.

Kheradmand and her graduate student Ms. Ran You found that this form of carbon black caused double - stranded breaks in the cell's DNA, a state that is very difficult to repair, and activates T helper 17 cells, inducing chronic inflammation in the lungs.

Toxic molds, such as black mold, can cause everything from headaches, to cancer, to severe lung infections and even depression.