black lung
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“Basic black lung diagnoses had doubled in a decade. The advanced disease, PMF, had quadrupled since the 1980s.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
For Debbie Wills, who has spent nearly 40 years working with black lung patients at Valley Health Systems, the situation is all the more dire because the disease is "totally preventable."
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
The black lung screening program for coal miners was briefly killed off before an outcry led to a temporary reinstatement.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2025
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
Many miners developed black lung disease after ten to fifteen years of working underground.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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