Sickened Coal Miners Plead for Their Black Lung Benefits as Cases Surge
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For 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 […]
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