#i say again as i say every time: black lung is an incurable & fatal disease but it is eminently PREVENTABLE | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

girderednerve · 11 days ago

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the mine safety & health administration passed a rule requiring coal operators to put up enough collateral to cover their full black lung benefit obligations in case of bankruptcy, everybody say yaaaaay

#would be great if this sticks! coal operators previously discharged these obligations in bankruptcy #leaving the insolvent federal fund to disburse miners' benefits. so like fuck that it's a good rule #on the other hand we'll have to see if it sticks; coal operators got tax cuts under the last trump presidency & chevron's up in smoke so #black lung #if i don't post about black lung at least once a month y'all'll think i've been kidnapped right #i say again as i say every time: black lung is an incurable & fatal disease but it is eminently PREVENTABLE #so if someone got it they got it because of their employer's malicious negligence

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