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Appalachia’s Alarming Rise in Black Lung Disease: Editorial

Appalachia’s Alarming Rise in Black Lung Disease: Editorial
Bloomberg News |

(The Bloomberg View) — By now, black lung disease was supposed to have mostly gone away. The coal industry was supposed to have improved air quality in the mines enough to prevent miners from inhaling the coal dust that inflames, stiffens and blackens their lungs. In fact, the incidence of this deadly and incurable disease is rising.

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