In this 2019 documentary, FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the rise of severe black lung disease among coal miners and the failure to respond. This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station here: www.pbs.org/donate. Coal miners are dying from the resurgence of an epidemic that could have been prevented. FRONTLINE and NPR’s joint investigation revealed the biggest disease clusters ever documented, and how the industry and the government failed to protect miners. Love FRONTLINE? Find us on the PBS Video App where there are more than 300 FRONTLINE documentaries available for you to watch any time: to.pbs.org/FLVideoApp #Documentary #CoalsDeadlyDust Subscribe on YouTube: bit.ly/1BycsJW Instagram: www.instagram.com/frontlinepbs Twitter: twitter.com/frontlinepbs Facebook: www.facebook.com/frontline Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Major funding for FRONTLINE is provided by the Ford Foundation. Additional funding is provided by the Abrams Foundation; the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Park Foundation; and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and additional support from Koo and Patricia Yuen.