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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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

But it warned that the Treasury Department would need to borrow money to pay for them, meaning that “taxpayers are footing the bill for black lung benefits, not the coal mining industry.”

From Washington Post

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