Appalachia's black lung rates highest in nearly 50 years as miners' protections stall
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Wed, 5 August 2026
3 reports- wfae.org08:01first to report
Rates are now the highest they've been in nearly 50 years among veteran coal miners. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines.
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- NPR News08:01
Rates are now as bad as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick and dying. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines.
- wfdd.org15:59
Mine regulations passed in the 1970s had pushed those rates down, but they began rising again in the late 1990s, and now about a third of veteran miners are sick.
Thu, 6 August 2026
1 report- augustafreepress.com23:20
Coal miners are suffering from black lung at the highest rate dating back to the 1970s, which, so much for the existence of clean coal.