Promising start to 2025
Dust disease numbers moderating in the latest black lung data
It’s been a promising start for 2025 in the battle against dust-related lung disease with just four new cases of silicosis, one new case of mixed dust pneumoconiosis, and no new cases of Black Lung (coal workers pneumoconiosis) in the three months until the end of February.
However, the issue of dust disease in miners remains a critical one, with 637 min…
