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Coal Dust

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An Epidemic Is Killing Thousands Of Coal Miners. Regulators Could Have Stopped It

Howard Berkes

More than 2,000 miners in Appalachia are dying from an advanced stage of black lung. NPR and Frontline have found the government had multiple warnings and opportunities to protect them, but didn't.