Appalachia’s black lung rates highest in nearly 50 years as miners’ protections stall

This story was published through the Appalachian News Exchange, a regional media collaboration. Respiratory therapist Marcy Freeman doesn’t need a research study to confirm for her a return to the ...
WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Black lung rates in Appalachia are high as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick

Rates are now the highest they've been in nearly 50 years among veteran coal miners. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, ...
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India's kitchens need food technologists to win bacterial wars, not brooms

The Mumbai club raids counted cockroaches. But the real war is microbiological and biochemical: biofilms, cold-loving ...
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Half of sales comes from 'ease of purchase,' yet it feels like it's floating between marketing and sales

"We have awareness and recall. Our brand survey numbers aren't bad either. And yet, it doesn't sell." I am a consultant at a marketing firm, and to be honest, I am a 'mental-side' person. I have spent ...
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It wasn't just a lack of training that was sapping my grip strength—the multiplication of 'air and vitamin D' captured by 20,000 people

Muscle strength is determined by training, diet, and sleep. That pretty much explains it. I have always thought so, too. Inside the gym, in the kitchen, and on the bed. I believed that the muscle ...