National Jewish Health: New Findings Suggest Increased Monitoring Needed to Prevent Lung Disease in Underground Coal Miners
May 05, 2023
May 05, 2023
DENVER, Colorado, May 5 (TNSjou) -- National Jewish Health, a respiratory hospital, issued the following news release:
For the past two decades, there has been a major resurgence in progressive massive fibrosis (PMF), (also known as black lung) among coal miners, leading researchers from National Jewish Health and across the country to examine what job duties might be putting them at risk. Current federal regulations require routine monitoring of dust levels in specific "high r . . .
For the past two decades, there has been a major resurgence in progressive massive fibrosis (PMF), (also known as black lung) among coal miners, leading researchers from National Jewish Health and across the country to examine what job duties might be putting them at risk. Current federal regulations require routine monitoring of dust levels in specific "high r . . .