The name black lung says it all. When miners inhale excessive amounts of coal dust, the fine air filtration system of the lungs sieves out the dust, which then remains permanently in the lung. These deposits can even be seen with the naked eye if the lungs are removed from the body, hence the name. ...
Medicopolitical
Black lungs back? How we became complacent with coal miners’ pneumoconiosis
By Peter Gibson
21 Apr 2016