Trump Promised To Help Coal Miners. Now They Can't Breathe.
May 11, 2026
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as posted by the channelJustin Smarsh is 42 years old. He spent eight years as a roof bolter in the coal mines of Pennsylvania. Now, he can’t walk to his mailbox without an inhaler, and his doctors say he won't live to see 50. This is the reality of the renewed black lung epidemic—a catastrophe driven by silica dust and a government that decided corporate profits were worth more than a miner's breath.
In 2016, OSHA lowered silica limits for construction workers to 50 micrograms. But for coal miners? The Trump administration indefinitely delayed the exact same rule, leaving them exposed to double the poison.
While the speeches in "Coal Country" promised a comeback, the reality was a systematic gutting of the agencies meant to keep these men alive.We’re breaking down the "Taxpayer Heist" of coal safety: the rescinded inspectors, the buried NIOSH data, and the material harm being done to the very families who were promised protection.
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