Taking on black lung

The benefits of the final dust rule ventilation changes for underground coal mines implemented by the US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) are already paying off, with dramatically reduced levels of black lung disease being reported

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The shrivelled and hardened lung of a black lung victim, 1972. Photo: LeRoy Woodson

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