Region's black lung clinics see shift in victims' ages | Appalachian Highlands

Across far Southwest Virginia’s two U.S. Department of Labor-certified black lung clinics, administrators agree that a growing share of the miners coming in for exams and testing for the black lung application process are getting younger.

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