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
He was a longtime promoter of mine safety and federal benefits and regulations to protect coal miners with black lung disease.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2023
A daughter, sister and wife of miners, she now helps lead an association to support those with black lung disease.
From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2022
Her father, who eventually died of black lung disease, worked in the Van Lear mines.
From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2022
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
