Sentences with phrase «of black lung disease»
Coal miners share the air the rest of us breath, they also have to accept the risk of black lung disease, coal miners» pneumoconiosis.
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Miners are at risk of silicosis, pneumoconiosis (black lung) and other diseases from coal dust.
The fifth tale, In the Vale of the Black Diamond, Dorgo sets out to find a magical diamond in order to use it and spare a friends brother from Virulian lung disease.
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.
Lung disease is one of the biggest health problems associated with black carbon, so reducing it would have two-fold benefits.
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimates of over 29,000 cases of mesothelioma and 26,000 cases of Black Lung from 2000 - 2010.
The meeting is to discuss proposed changes to MSHA rules to lower acceptable levels of respirable dust in mines to reduce the risk of workers contracting potentially fatal Coal Workers» Pneumoconiosis - also known as black lung disease - and other diseases.
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-.