After decades of decline, black lung on the rise in Eastern Kentucky | Kentuckians For The Commonwealth

After decades of decline, black lung on the rise in Eastern Kentucky

Bill Estep and John Cheves
July 7, 2013
Lexington Herald-Leader

Black lung – a preventable occupational disease – has been the underlying or contributing cause of death of more than 76,000 miners since 1968, according to figures from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

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