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Common name for pneumoconiosis, a chronic severely debilitating lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust and principally found among coal miners. Certain medical benefits for the victims of the disease are available under title IV of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-173), as amended by P.L. 92-303.<\/p>\n

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Lay term for the chronic lung disease or pneumoconiosis found in coal miners.<\/p>\n

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Common name for pneumoconiosis, a chronic severely debilitating lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust and principally found among coal miners. Certain medical benefits for the victims of the disease are available under title IV of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-173), as amended by P.L. 92-303. Lay term […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-b"],"yoast_head":"\nBlack lung - Definition of Black lung<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Common name for pneumoconiosis, a chronic severely debilitating lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust and principally found among coal miners. 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