Thousands of miners have given their lives and their health. They've got black lung, they can't work. The Pittston company is trying to cut off their health benefits by various means. That's what the strike is about.
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Black lung
Synonyms for "black lung" (90 found)
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acute bronchitisadenoiditisaltitude sicknessaluminosisamygdalitisanoxemiaanoxiaanoxic anoxiaanthracosilicosisanthracosisanthraxasbestosisasiatic fluasthmaatypical pneumoniabendsbituminosis
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Noun(2 words)
black lung diseasecoal miner's lung
bronchial pneumoniabronchiectasisbronchiolitisbronchitisbronchopneumoniacaisson diseasecatarrhchalicosischilblainchronic bronchitiscoldcollapsed lungcommon coldconiosiscoryzacroupcroupous pneumoniadecompression sicknessdouble pneumoniadry pleurisy
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frostbitegrippehay feverhong kong fluimmersion footinfluenzaitaijet lagla grippelaryngitislead poisoninglipoid pneumonialobar pneumonialung cancerlung fevermercury poisoningminamata diseasemotion sicknesspharyngitispleurisy
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pleuritispneumococcal pneumoniapneumoconiosispneumoniapneumonic feverpneumothoraxquinsyradiation sicknessradionecrosisred-outrheumsiderosissilicosissnifflessore throatsunstrokeswine fluthe bendsthe snifflesthe snufflestonsilitistrench footvirus pneumoniawet pleurisywhooping cough
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