Tuesday, December 18, 2018

An Epidemic Is Killing Thousands of Coal Miners. Regulators Could Have Stopped It.

An NPR exclusive report shows how federal regulators failed for decades to recognize and prevent exposure to toxic dust that has left thousands of coal miners in Appalachia stricken with a fatal lung disease.

The government's own data reveals that coal miners were exposed to deadly levels of silica dust, created by cutting through rock — yet regulators allowed it to continue.

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