Coal’s Human Cost

Incoming Editorial Team·Verified November 8, 2026

From PBS Frontline; Working veteran underground coal miners are suffering from an incurable lung disease at the highest rates in nearly 50 years. With NPR,publichealthwatch, and Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom (porchlightnews), we've been investigating how industry and government have failed to protect miners in Appalachia from black lung disease.