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mahatmakanejeeves

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Wed Mar 22, 2023, 11:19 AM Mar 2023

Black lung is on the rise in Appalachia; deregulation of the coal mine industry is the main culprit.

COMMENTARY: To explain why the largest cluster of black lung ever recorded in history is found on the Virginia-Kentucky border today, we must look at politics.

virginiamercury.com
Black lung is on the rise in Appalachia; deregulation of the coal mine industry is the main culprit...
Coal miners in Appalachia are exposed to double the levels of silica dust and researchers discovered a massive cluster of black lung



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Black lung is on the rise in Appalachia; deregulation of the coal mine industry is the main culprit. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 OP
My grandfather died of black lung in 1983. AbnerBunny Mar 2023 #1
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