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For Gary Hairston—a 71-year-old retired coal miner and president of the National Black Lung Association, which is organizing the protest—living with black lung for more than 20 years has meant being sidelined from recreational basketball games and from playing with his grandchildren.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
After graduating from Yorkville High School, Turley moved with her family to Tampa, Florida, because her father had contracted black lung disease.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
For example, coal miners develop black lung (pneumoconiosis), which is a severe lung disease caused by coal dust.5
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—Mark Gurarie, Health, 15 June 2025
About one in five of the 4,000 to 6,000 miners the program screens each year have developed black lung disease, researchers testified.
—Bob Ortega, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
After graduating from Yorkville High School, Turley moved with her family to Tampa, Florida, because her father had contracted black lung disease.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
For example, coal miners develop black lung (pneumoconiosis), which is a severe lung disease caused by coal dust.5
3.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 15 June 2025
About one in five of the 4,000 to 6,000 miners the program screens each year have developed black lung disease, researchers testified.
—Bob Ortega, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
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“Black lung.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20lung. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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