black lung

Example Sentences

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The levy finances a trust fund that pays about 30,000 miners coping with black lung disease and their beneficiaries a little under $700 a month.

From New York Times

“He will of course continue to work to shore up the black lung excise tax in the new year to address the needs of our brave miners.”

From New York Times

Some of those provisions include language that would extend the current fee paid by coal companies to fund benefits received by victims of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, or black lung.

From Seattle Times

Its leadership points specifically to a provision within the bill extending the solvency of a fund that provides retirement and health benefits to miners suffering from black lung disease.

From Washington Times

At least two of the former workers have been diagnosed with black lung disease.

From Seattle Times