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The West VA coal industry has been very good to Joe Manchin...

Central Appalachian Miners Show Highest Percentage of Black Lung Disease in 25 Years
A recent NIOSH study found that 10 percent of miners, who have been on the job for 25-plus years, now suffer from coal workers' pneumonicosis, or black lung disease.
However, in states such as Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky, that number doubled to 20 percent - the highest rate in 25 years.

https://www.worksitemed.com/black-lung-disease/#:~:text=A%20recent%20NIOSH%20study%20found%20that%2010%20percent,percent%20%E2%80%93%20the%20highest%20rate%20in%2025%20years.