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
Silica dust is 20 times more toxic than coal dust and causes severe forms of black lung disease even after a few years of exposure.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 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
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 ● 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
