Exposure to toxic silica dust is driving an increase in black lung cases among miners across Appalachia.

President Donald Trump for years has championed what he calls the “beautiful” coal industry, even while he has been criticized for using coal miners as political props while ignoring policies that would improve their lives. Now, advocates for Appalachian coal miners say the Trump administration is literally leaving them in the dust — the toxic crystalline silica released into the air as miners…

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