Black lung disease reappears in the US
Why is the so-called coal miners’ disease coming back to the United States?
Black lung disease, a sometimes deadly respiratory illness that afflicts coal miners, is on the rise again in the US.
Poor screening is getting some of the blame, but a researcher in Chicago is looking for other answers.
Al Jazeera’s Diane Eastabrook reports from Chicago.
Published On 21 Aug 2018