black lung

NOUN

pneumoconiosis or anthracosis

Synonyms

WEAK

anthracosis black lung disease coal miner's lung miner's lung pneumoconiosis

Example Sentences

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It’s a life that began with a fateful decision: Growing up in eastern Pennsylvania, Toma decided that he wouldn’t become a coal miner like his father, who had died of black lung.

From Seattle Times

No one had warned them about the dangers of black lung, much less taught them how to protect themselves.

From Washington Post

A daughter, sister and wife of miners, she now helps lead an association to support those with black lung disease.

From New York Times

Her father, who eventually died of black lung disease, worked in the Van Lear mines.

From Washington Post

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