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Why Black Lung Disease Is Deadlier Than Ever Before

Maya Wei-Haas
May 16, 2017
Smithsonian Magazine

More than 76,000 miners have died from black lung disease since 1968, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor. And now there's a resurgence of this deadly disease that should have been wiped out decades ago.

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