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greatlaurel

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3. Black Lung is a hideous disease.

Reply to theHandpuppet (Original post)

Tue Sep 16, 2014, 01:17 PM

Sep 2014

The failure to regulate the mines to protect the miners' health is just another side "benefit" of the deregulation fever that has swept through the US allowing corporations to increase profits drastically while shifting all the costs onto their employees and the middle class.

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Worst form of black lung is roaring back [View all] theHandpuppet Sep 2014 OP

I need help with this - packman Sep 2014 #1

Here is a link to a document that describes the program and the history behind the legislation. greatlaurel Sep 2014 #2

Black Lung is a hideous disease. greatlaurel Sep 2014 #3

Tennant would back Rockefeller bill on black lung; Capito mum theHandpuppet Sep 2014 #4