NPR has produced a series on black lung and the failure of the mining industry and the U.S. government to protect miners. Caused by exposure to excessive coal dust, the disease is being diagnosed in younger miners and progressing more quickly, according to NPR's All Things Considered, citing NIOSH data that show incidence of black lung having doubled in the last decade. Edward Petsonk, a pulmonologist at West Virginia University and NIOSH consultant, blames inadequate dust control.
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机译：NPR制作了一系列有关黑肺病，采矿业和美国政府未能保护矿工的系列文章。根据NPR的《万物考虑》（All Things Thought）的数据，由于暴露于过多的煤尘中，这种疾病正在年轻的矿工中被诊断出并且病情发展得更快，并引用了NIOSH的数据，该数据显示黑肺的发病率在过去十年中翻了一番。西维吉尼亚大学的肺病学家，NIOSH顾问爱德华·佩特森克（Edward Petsonk）指责灰尘控制不足。
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