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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, <a href="https://www.lung.org/lung-health-diseases/lung-disease-lookup/black-lung" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">medically known</a> as coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP), caused by breathing in coal dust over long periods, which irreversibly damages the lungs. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/20/us-coalminers-black-lung-disease" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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