Once nearly eradicated, the “old man’s disease” is back and suffocating younger miners than before. Federal cuts risk putting a solution further out of reach.
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Once nearly eradicated, the “old man’s disease” is back and suffocating younger miners than before. Federal cuts risk putting a solution further out of reach.
Denver Brock, in the foreground, with his son Aundra. Both of them have been diagnosed with a severe form of black lung after working in coal mines.Credit...
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By Kate Morgan
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