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As cases of black lung among former coal miners on the Navajo Nation surge, a new study points to inequality in health outcomes faced by Indigenous people in the western United States.
Alex Osif, a former coal miner and Benefits Coordinator for Canyonlands Healthcare in Chilchinbito, Arizona, says over the fall of 2023, cases of black lung boomed in the area.
“Three months ago, I had only six. [Now] I’m past 50,” said Osif of the increase in black lung cases.
In a partnership with KSJD News in Cortez, Colorado, Rocky Mountain PBS is reporting on respiratory disease related to coal mining in the Four Corners region.
Read more: https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/news/black-lung-navajo-nation-miners/
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