Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

Despite decades-old law, cheating, legal loopholes expose miners to deadly dust.

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"… would be a small number of mild cases and virtually no one like Donald and James Marcum, said Dr. Donald Rasmussen, a pioneer in recognizing and diagnosing black …"

"… pation based upon disease status,” NIOSH epidemiologist Laney said. Take James Marcum: He spent his last semester of high school taking a class at the Universit …"