black lung disease
Example Sentences
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He still struggles with black lung disease, she said, and joint pain from time spent crawling underground.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2024
The increased drilling generates deadly silica dust and has caused severe forms of pneumoconiosis, better known as black lung disease, even among younger miners, some in their 30s and 40s.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 16, 2024
Stardom seemed unlikely for Lynn as she grew up in a coal-rich area of Kentucky known as Butcher Holler, where her miner father died of black lung disease at age 52.
From Reuters • Oct. 4, 2022
Coal miners have urged the senator to support the social spending bill, which would extend an increased excise tax that funds benefits for miners suffering from black lung disease.
From Washington Post • May 18, 2022
“Don’t I wish. At this point, I’m getting black lung disease from inhaling too many construction paper molecules.”
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
