Black lung among veteran Appalachian miners is back to 1978 levels, at the same time the Trump administration has put stronger silica-dust protections on hold.
After a century of mining, accessing Appalachia's remaining thin coal seams requires cutting through far more quartz-rich rock. — Read the rest
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