black lung

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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

As progress on the rule stalled, government researchers documented with growing alarm a resurgence of severe black lung afflicting younger coal miners, and studies implicated poorly controlled silica as the likely cause.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2024

Michael and David, who worked at the Haig Colliery in Whitehaven, Cumbria, know many miners who were struck down by black lung.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2024

In the years that followed, judges cited Chevron in upholding rules that protect endangered species, speed up the approval process for new cellphone towers and grant benefits to coal miners suffering from black lung.

From Salon • Sep. 22, 2023

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