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Dateline: Washington, D.C. | Updated: 21/09/2026, 12:39 PM EST
Medical: ‘Do you have to be dead?’: US coalminers plead for benefits as black-lung disease cases surge
BNewsO Report — ‘Do you have to be dead?’: US coalminers plead for benefits as black-lung disease cases surge
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Trump says he digs coal – but pneumoconiosis cases are at a 50-year high, and sick miners are mired in benefit delaysFor 38 years, Josh Armes worked as a coal miner in West Virginia and Virginia.After retirement, Armes, 74, of Grundy, Virginia, was diagnosed with black lung disease, medically known as coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP), caused by breathing in coal dust over long periods, which irreversibly damages the lungs. Continue reading...Analysis & Implications
Industry experts suggest the trends highlighted above will have lasting effects. Continued monitoring and strategic adaptation are recommended.
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