The wages of neglect: death and disease in the American workplace.

Black lung, only recently recognised in the US as an occupational disease in coal miners, has taken a toll of something like 200, 000 lives in death and disablement. Other occupational diseases affect high proportions of the work force but only 10% of job related disorders are recorded by the government. A plea is made for more protection in the workplace and for adequate compensation for injured and disabled workers.