12.07.2012 - 01:33 [ The Raw Story ]

Black Lung on the Rise; Excessive Mining and Corporate Malfeasance to Blame

Unfortunately, this big-government-is-out-to-get-us narrative seems to go a long way towards explaining why, as reported by NPR and the Center for Public Integrity, black lung is rapidly on the rise amongst coal miners, a generation after it was optimistically believed it could be stomped out completely.