After a life spent in the coal mines, his father died of black lung 11 years ago at age 61.

Candidates were presented with a symbolic pair of black lungs.

I have spent many a Saturday night in a small courthouse filling out forms related to black lung.

I've spent many a Saturday night filling out forms related to black lung.

He suffered from black lung, a heart condition, "and a lot of ailments."

The toll from black lung has plunged to around 1,000 deaths annually now.

He was back in the mines in 1980 and 1981, despite evidence of black lung, because other jobs were scarce.

He's a man who came up from the ranks; his mother was taking in laundry and his father died of black lung.

More than 104,000 Americans died digging out coal between 1900 and 2005; twice as many may have died from black lung.

There is a Government program that is supposed to compensate miners with black lung.