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# Coal's Human Cost
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/frontline/episode/coals-human-cost-007cjq/
- Published: 2026-11-10T19:00:27.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-11T00:00:21.000Z
- Description: Veteran underground coal miners suffer from black lung disease at highest rates in nearly 50 years.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: FRONTLINE, Season 2026, Episode 12, #ZZZ_Episode_a646231f-3e25-4542-80bf-d54b0469990f, #episode, #news_program, #ZZZ_Show_8d45e56c-70b3-4c33-a2eb-1c2ac36ca879, #v1.16

Veteran underground coal miners are suffering from an incurable lung disease at the highest rates in nearly 50 years. With NPR, Public Health Watch and Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, FRONTLINE investigates how industry and government have failed to protect miners in Appalachia from black lung disease.