Howard Berkes
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That's what epidemiologists found at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health when testing coal miners in the last five years.
Scott Laney led the research.
For NPR News, I'm Howard Berkus.
You have to go back to 1978 to find the same rate of black lung disease, more than 30%, for working coal miners in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia, who spent more than 24 years underground.
That's what epidemiologists found at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health when testing coal miners in the last five years.
Scott Laney led the research.
Silica dust is blamed and a new federal regulation is supposed to protect miners, but enforcement is on hold indefinitely given opposition from the mining industry.
For NPR News, I'm Howard Berkes.
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