Renewed Concern Over Black Lung; Coal Is Vital in the Nation's Energy Plan, but Miners Remain Exposed From: The Washington Post | Date: November 28, 2006| Author: Kari Lydersen - Washington Post Staff Writer | Copyright 2006 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

At 55, Connie Cline looks tanned, fit and trim. But walking only a block leaves him wheezing and winded.

Cline suffers from black lung disease, the legacy of a decade he spent crawling through coal seams and blasting at coal faces in West Virginia. He's sitting in an exam room at the black lung clinic of a public hospital in Chicago, where he comes regularly to try to keep his disease under control.

Though some may view it as a relic of a bygone era, black lung disease is still a...

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