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An Epidemic Is Killing Thousands Of Coal Miners. Regulators Could Have Stopped It
By: Howard Berkes | Huo Jingnan | Robert Benincasa | NPR
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More than 2,000 miners in Appalachia are dying from an advanced stage of black lung. NPR and Frontline have found the government had multiple warnings and opportunities to protect them, but didn’t.