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![Coal miner Nick Stiltner reviews an X-ray of his lungs showing black lung disease at the Stone Mountain Clinic in Grundy, Va.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/blacklungsheldon-6-0fb53b51471e69dc27316b55970e1de5c32eaa20-e1548173965643-900x422.jpg)
Calls For Change Follow NPR/Frontline Black Lung Investigation
By: Howard Berkes | NPR
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Federal regulations for silica dust in coal mines haven’t changed in decades. But since an NPR/Frontline report into black lung, some are calling for a new response.
![Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., shown in 2016, said Tuesday he will hold hearings next year in response to an NPR and Frontline probe that revealed that government regulators failed to identify and prevent dangerous conditions.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ap_16210073779134-61888a1575919b8ee42a6e9a1b96f24a96689942-e1545243751926-900x422.jpg)
Fatal Disease Outbreak Among Miners Spurs House Hearings On Coal Mine Dust
By: Howard Berkes | NPR
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The review comes in response to an NPR and Frontline investigation that revealed the failure of government regulators to identify and prevent dangerous conditions.
![In central Appalachia, the black lung rate for working coal miners with at least 25 years experience underground is the highest it's been in a quarter century.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gettyimages-a0002-000194-1-8c1345bea5001a34227b98dfa4a3af21db14b2a4-e1532030684839-900x422.jpg)
Black Lung Rate Hits 25-Year High In Appalachian Coal Mining States
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In central Appalachia, one in five working coal miners with at least 25 years experience underground now suffers from the deadly disease black lung, according to a new study.