Health Policy

PREVENTING BLACK LUNG DISEASE November 15, 20268:11 AM ET Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday

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Howard Berkes

, 

Ayesha Rascoe

, 

Dave Mistich

Laws limiting coal miners' exposure to toxic dust are in danger of being rolled back

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Coal miners who are exposed to silica dust are at a higher risk of black lung disease. Despite decades of advocacy, new efforts to regulate the toxic dust are under threat.