black lung
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But the more recent phenomena associated with black lung and PMF—that the latter is showing up in younger men, and those with fewer years underground—is tracked to the improvement of mining technology and exhausted mines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
"They ain't worried about the coal miners. We're just a number to them," added Hairston, who is a black lung patient himself.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
He still struggles with black lung disease, she said, and joint pain from time spent crawling underground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2024
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
“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
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