Black Lung Resurgence in Appalachia

David Goldsmith has just drawn our attention to an article from Kaiser Health News on coal worker’s pneumoconiosis arising from high silica exposures among coal miners in central Appalachia.

“I just became aware of this alarming article about CWP and high silica exposures in today’s US coal mines. Please share this (from Kaiser Health News.”

Black Lung Resurgence Drives Push to Protect Coal Miners Against Silica Dust | Kaiser Health News (khn.org)

–David