Black Lung Resurgence Drives Push to Protect Coal Miners Against Silica Dust
This story was originally published by KHN. Like most coal miners’ loved ones, Liz Williams has endured many days and nights of worry. Throughout the four
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This story was originally published by KHN. Like most coal miners’ loved ones, Liz Williams has endured many days and nights of worry. Throughout the four
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McROBERTS, Ky. — Like most coal miners’ loved ones, Liz Williams has endured many days and nights of worry.
McROBERTS, Ky.—Like most coal miners’ loved ones, Liz Williams 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.
Like most coal miners' loved ones, Liz Williams has endured many days and nights of worry.