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Each Friday, miners at the Cerro Rico mine worship at shrines of "El Tio," the spirit who they also call th "Devil God of the Mountain."

Go inside ‘the mountain that eats men’ in Bolivia

Global Politics

Bolivian President Evo Morales is staking his bid for a third term on improving the lot of his poorest citizens. But many of those poor Bolivians work in mines, where conditions are deadly and there’s little sign that anything is set to improve.

South African gold miners launch largest lawsuit in Africa’s history

Health & Medicine

South Africa Gold Mining Lawsuit

Massive Lead Poisoning in Nigeria

Business, Economics and Jobs

A Gravel Danger

The World

Black Lung is Back

Autopsies of a mine disaster’s victims reveal another layer of the tragedy: most of the miners had black lung, a disease many experts thought was under control years ago. This entirely preventable disease is now bouncing back.

Popcorn Production Harms Workers

The average American eats nearly 15 gallons of popcorn a year, but now the production of our favorite snack food is at the center of a national health controversy. Labor unions and prominent occupational health scientists are calling on federal regulators

The World

Lead Series; The Silent Epidemic: – Part Two (of 3)

The way people get acute lead poisoning is through exposure to old paint right at home. The stereotype is of a poor child eating a paint chip in a dilapidated housing project. But, plenty of cases of poisoning come from lead dust, particles too small to notice. And while children living in low-income homes run […]

The World

LEAD SERIES; THE SILENT EPIDEMIC: – PART THREE IN THE WORKPLACE

Most adults’ exposure to lead isn’t enough to endanger their health. But, thousands of people work in close contact with dangerous lead fumes and dust; sometimes without even knowing it. State and federal rules require employers to protect their workers from toxic materials, still, some industries continue to operate with little or no safety precautions […]

The World

Working in a Strip Mine

A daughter looks at the price of coal on her father’s health.