What is black lung?
There are several meanings for "Black Lung." Most commonly it is used in reference to "coalworker's pneumoconiosis." It is is caused by long exposure to coal dust and has the long-term effects of smoking tobacco. Is this what you were referring to?
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Black lung disease is the common name for coal workers' pneumoconiosis, a lung disease of older workers in the coal industry.
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