Black lung disease more common among miners than reported
Clip: Season 2016 | 6m 47s
Lung disease is a well-known deadly consequence of working in the coal industry. But a new NPR study finds miners are suffering from the most advanced form of the disease at a rate ten times higher than the government has reported. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with NPR's Howard Berkes about the causes of this late-stage lung disease, possibilities for treatment and why it's been direly underestimated.
Aired: 12/16/16
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Black lung disease more common among miners than reported
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