Protecting Miners Amid a Black Lung Resurgence

Photo caption: A miner from West Virginia stands in front of an American flag prior to an event with former U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt at the Harvey Mine in Pennsylvania on April 13, 2017. Photo credit: Justin Merriman / Getty Images. Article by Taylor Sisk, KHN. Undark – March 21, 2023. Article originally published by Kaiser Health News.

Like most coal miners’ loved ones, Liz Williams, McRoberts, Kentucky, has endured many days and nights of worry. Throughout the four decades her husband, Michael, worked in underground Appalachian mines, Liz was aware of the risks: collapse, explosions, asphyxiation. But black lung — a chronic condition caused by breathing in coal dust — wasn’t on her mind. […]

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