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Incidents of black lung vastly under-reported in US Appalachia — NPR

Amanda Stutt | December 18, 2018 | 3:04 pm Energy Coal 

An epidemic is killing thousands of coal miners, and regulators could have stopped it, according to a joint National Public Radio (NPR) and PBS Frontline investigation. 'Black lung' has been plaguing coal miners for generations across Appalachian states, and in Virginia,...

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