Coal industry's go-to law firm withheld evidence of black lung, at expense of sick miners

1.0Center for Public Integrityhttps://publicintegrity.orgadminhttps://publicintegrity.org/author/admin/Coal industry's go-to law firm withheld evidence of black lung, at expense of sick minersrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="y9URFYRboi"><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/environment/breathless-and-burdened/coal-industrys-go-to-law-firm-withheld-evidence-of-black-lung-at-expense-of-sick-miners/">Coal industry’s go-to law firm withheld evidence of black lung, at expense of sick miners</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://publicintegrity.org/environment/breathless-and-burdened/coal-industrys-go-to-law-firm-withheld-evidence-of-black-lung-at-expense-of-sick-miners/embed/#?secret=y9URFYRboi" width="600" height="338" title="“Coal industry’s go-to law firm withheld evidence of black lung, at expense of sick miners” — Center for Public Integrity" data-secret="y9URFYRboi" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://publicintegrity.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Sylvester-2.jpg.jpeg1260830BECKLEY, W.Va. — The stately, wood-paneled chamber in the federal building here unsettled Gary Fox and his wife, Mary. Fox was used to the dusty caverns of the mines in the southern part of the state, where he’d spent more than 25 years working underground in the heart of Appalachian coal country. They had never […]