单词	black lung
释义	black lung noun : pneumoconiosis caused by habitual inhalation of coal dust Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Inhaling coal dust long-term can also be hazardous, causing the irreversible black lung disease, which includes lung scarring, inflammation and respiratory issues. Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2022 There is also a proposal that permanently extends a tax designed to help provide benefits for coal miners coping with black lung disease and their beneficiaries, a major issue for West Virginia, one of the nation’s top coal-producing states. New York Times, 28 July 2022 McKinley had said evidence of black lung risks could be brought up at sentencing if the men were convicted. Dylan Lovan, ajc, 17 Nov. 2021 Some of those provisions would extend the current fee paid by coal companies to fund benefits received by victims of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, or black lung. Lisa Mascaro And Farnoush Amiri, ajc, 23 Dec. 2021 In 2019, black lung benefits were distributed to roughly 25,700 people. Grace Segers, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 2021 The regulations are meant to protect workers against dangerous levels of breathable dust in the air, which can lead to a deadly and incurable disease known as black lung. Dylan Lovan, ajc, 8 Nov. 2021 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. New York Times, 10 Jan. 2022 Some of those provisions would extend the current fee paid by coal companies to fund benefits received by victims of coal workers' pneumoconiosis, or black lung. Arkansas Online, 23 Dec. 2021 See More Word History First Known Use 1837, in the meaning defined above Medical Definition black lung noun : pneumoconiosis caused by habitual inhalation of coal dust called also black lung disease compare silicosis
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