black lung

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending a mobile lab to test for black lung and other ailments common to coal miners in Alabama. The CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Health has screenings scheduled in Sumiton today. Stops in Bessemer, Berry, Brookwood, Adger, and Tuscaloosa begin tomorrow.

Photographer Earl Dotter has spent more than half of his life documenting workers in the most hazardous conditions.

A definition, cost and explanation of the resurgence of the deadly coal miners' disease.

The deadly disease is no longer just a concern for underground miners. A new study documents severe cases among surface miners, too