Rate of black lung disease among miners may be 10 times higher than reported – PBS NewsHour
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Rate of black lung disease among miners may be 10 times higher than reported
PBS NewsHour Lung disease is a well-known deadly consequence of working in the coal industry. But a new NPR study finds miners are suffering from the most advanced form of the disease at a rate ten times higher than the government has reported. Hari Sreenivasan … New data show spike in severe black lung disease CDC: Black Lung Resurgent Among Kentucky Coal Miners Spike In Black Lung Cases Strains Federal Benefits Program |
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