Black lung disease rates among some miners are now at their highest since the 1970s. Watch a video drawn from "Coal’s Human Cost," a documentary from FRONTLINE, NPR, Public Health Watch and the Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom.

‘Coal’s Human Cost’ premieres on PBS Frontline on Tuesday night, documenting historically high rates of the illness. The post New documentary keeps the spotlight on regulatory failures and human toll of black lung disease in central Appalachia appeared first on Cardinal News.