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Black Lung Disease Is Surging in West Virginia: The Deadly Risk of Coal Dust Exposure

Times Now · WorldNews · 2026-08-23

Black Lung Disease Is Surging in West Virginia: The Deadly Risk of Coal Dust Exposure

Black Lung Disease Is Surging in West Virginia: The Deadly Risk of Coal Dust Exposure Black lung disease is surging among Appalachian coal miners, with coal and silica dust exposure causing irreversible lung damage and severe breathing problems. Black Lung Disease Is Surging in West Virginia: The Deadly Risk of Coal Dust Exposure For decades, black lung disease was associated with older generations of coal miners. But in West Virginia

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