FRONTLINE

Coal's Deadly Dust/Targeting Yemen

Season 2019 Episode 1 | 54m 47s

FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the rise of severe black lung disease among coal miners, and the failure to respond. This joint investigation reveals the biggest disease clusters ever documented, and how the industry and the government failed to protect miners. Also in this two-part hour, FRONTLINE presents a report from Yemen.

Aired: 01/21/19

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