Sentences with phrase «for black lung»

See, for example, the program of projects for prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases funded under section 318 (e)(5) of the Public Health Service Act (42 CFR 51b.404); the regulations implementing the community health center program funded under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 CFR 51c.110); the regulations implementing the program of grants for family planning services under title X of the Public Health Service Act (42 CFR 59.15); the regulations implementing the program of grants for black lung clinics funded under 30 U.S.C. 437 (a)(42 CFR 55a.104); the regulations implementing the program of maternal and child health projects funded under section 501 of the Act (42 CFR 51a.6); the regulations implementing the program of medical examinations of coal miners (42 CFR 37.80 (a)-RRB-.

With all the coal companies going bankrupt in the last few years, there may well be a funding crisis on hand for the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund.

The entire Congress should be joining together to strengthen and enforce protections for black lung, period.

Not exact matches

Mining remains hazardous and is associated with an increased risk for injury, as well as several health conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema and black lung disease.

London's Black Cabs exposed passengers to an average of more than 108,000 ultrafine particles — microscopic soot 10,000 times smaller than a centimeter that is particularly dangerous because of its ability to penetrate deep into the lungs — for every cubic centimeter traveled.

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Although blacks tend to smoke less than whites, they «get lung cancer more often and die more often than non-African Americans,» says William Hicks, MD, professor of clinical medicine at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, in Columbus, who co-authored a recent report on lung cancer in African Americans for the American Lung Associatlung cancer more often and die more often than non-African Americans,» says William Hicks, MD, professor of clinical medicine at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, in Columbus, who co-authored a recent report on lung cancer in African Americans for the American Lung Associatlung cancer in African Americans for the American Lung AssociatLung Association.

Nigellone semohiprepinon, an active healing ingredient in black cumin seed, is known for its immune - boosting properties and is also a bronchiodilator (it relaxes and expands lung airways).

I have been taking the Black Cumin Seed Oil for a couple of months now and my lung capacity has increased -LSB-...] and can see a big improvement.

The dreaded tar, for example, is formed when the burning of tobacco creates numerous particulates, which enter your body and stick to your lungs in a steadily growing, black, sticky mass.

The lungs should be black; if they are white it may show a severe infection, fluid, scarring etc... Other infections are possible, but you would need to speak with your Veterinarian to discuss viral infections and to walk through a physical examination looking for other symptoms.

Black carbon is not unimportant (google Asian brown cloud for more) being an important nasty for both climate and health reasons (cooking in a small house with all that crud is not good for the lungs) but Pieter is making a apples and organge pool ball comparison

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.

Reading and listening to the recent NPR, Center for Public Integrity, and Charleston Gazette articles about the rise in black lung cases for coal miners saddens and angers me.

Whether or not global warming is entirely or largely due to human use of carbon for fuel, the reduction of the dependence on carbon makes sense for reducing asthma in children; reducing black lung disease; reducing the production of coal ashes, residues, and effluents; reducing the impact of carbon greenhouse gasses; reducing pipeline failures; reducing coal and oil surface transport accidents; reducing pipeline - related warfare; and reducing air pollution.

Rather than care for suffering workers, the coal industry has hired lawyers and doctors to deny Black Lung disease, rather than protecting its workforce and paying for the treatment they need.

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimates of over 29,000 cases of mesothelioma and 26,000 cases of Black Lung from 2000 - 2010.

We have built a nationally recognized reputation for success in cases involving coal mine accidents, black lung and other lung diseases and gas explosion injuries, in addition to all other personal injury and workers» compensation claims.

For purposes of this paragraph, workers» compensation benefits include benefits under programs such as the Black Lung Benefits Act, the federal Employees» Compensation Act, the Longshore and Harbor Workers» Compensation Act, and the Energy Employees» Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act.

Only 12 percent of blacks will be alive five years after their lung cancer diagnosis, compared with 16 percent of whites, according to the American Association for Critical Illness Insurance, a national trade organization.