The increasing hazard of black lung disease facing coal miners

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Traditionally one in every five coal miners ended up with black lung disease. But today, in Appalachia, miners are suffering from black lung at increasingly younger ages – and experts say a new rule to protect against silica dust doesn’t go far enough.

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