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Black lung screening flags danger for US coal miners

ONE in 50 coal miners currently working in United States coal mines showed evidence of black lung disease in early results from a voluntary X-ray program conducted by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).

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In October 1999 MSHA began a program to provide miners with a free confidential health screen with the aim of early detection of coal workers' pneumoconiosis and scoliosis among underground coal miners....

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