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Lisa Emery, director of the New River Health Association Black Lung Clinic, examines a chest X-ray showing progressive massive fibrosis, the most complicated form of black lung, at the center on Sept. 23, 2025, in Oak Hill, W.Va.
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Former miner and coal truck driver Randy Lawrence said both President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should do an eight-hour shift underground to see why NIOSH and the silica rule are essential. He said he hopes to send a loud message to the president he voted for, but no longer supports.
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