Black lung anatomy of a public health disaster

By:

Derickson, Alan

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Ithaca Cornell University Press 1998Description: xiv,237p. 24 cmISBN:

9780801431869

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

616.244 22 DE-B

LOC classification:

RC733 .D44 1998

Summary: Black Lung exposes the enormous human cost of producing the energy source responsible for making the United States the world's preeminent industrial nation. The book also provides a stark warning about the risks of ignoring or denying the existence of an occupational disease. Americans today are paying dearly for the decades when black lung was not recognized: compensation to disabled miners and their families has cost more than thirty billion dollars thus far.

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Print	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus Main Library	General Books	616.244 DE-B (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		120106

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Black Lung exposes the enormous human cost of producing the energy source responsible for making the United States the world's preeminent industrial nation. The book also provides a stark warning about the risks of ignoring or denying the existence of an occupational disease. Americans today are paying dearly for the decades when black lung was not recognized: compensation to disabled miners and their families has cost more than thirty billion dollars thus far.

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