black lung

Example Sentences

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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

Two labor groups, the West Virginia AFL-CIO and United Mine Workers of America, drove home the chance to fund black lung health benefits for miners who are legion in Manchin’s home state.

From Seattle Times

His father, a coal miner, died of a lung disease, and his younger brother also has black lung.

From Washington Times

I’m the grandchild of a coal miner who lost his leg to the mines and years later gave his breath to them as well when he died of black lung, like so many others.

From Washington Post