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Black lung rates among Appalachian coal miners reach 50-year high
wbur.org · 6d
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Mine regulations passed in the 1970s had pushed those rates down, but they began rising again in the late 1990s, and now about a third of veteran miners are sick.
First report: New Study: Black Lung Disease Rate in Appalachia Is the Worst in 50 Years as Coal Miner Protections Stall — publichealthwatch.org, 6d
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- New study: Black lung disease rate in Appalachia is the worst in nearly 50 years as coal miner protections stall
mountainstatespotlight.org · 6d
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