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Coal miners are getting new protections from silica dust linked to black lung disease
Associated Press via AOL· 2 months agoCoal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the...
Free preventative black lung screening for coal miners will visit Pipestem in June
WVNS Bluefield via Yahoo News· 6 days agoPIPESTEM, WV (WVNS) — The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will offer...
Not your grandfather's black lung: Federal rule seeks to save coal miners from silica dust
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWorkers may get respite from breathing the toxic dust that remains omnipresent in U.S. mining...
Coal miners plead with feds for stronger enforcement during emotional hearing on black lung rule
Associated Press via AOL· 10 months agoLaboring to breathe, West Virginia coal miner Terry Lilly told federal regulators Thursday he is...
New federal rule aims to limit coal miners’ exposure to silica dust, long linked to black lung...
Pennsylvania Capital-Star via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSilica dust exposure has long been linked with black lung cases in miners, and for decades leading...
This proposal could further protect miners from black lung disease, if passed
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoRetired coal miner James Bounds, who has pneumoconiosis, more commonly known as “black lung,” poses...
Black lung cases surge, miners seek relief through rule proposal
Newsy via AOL· 10 months agoNew Parkway underground mine in Central City, Ky. For America's Appalachian coal mining communities,...
Mine safety advocates urge Senate committee to do more to help miners with black lung disease
West Virginia Watch via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe U.S. Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions heard from mine safety advocates...
Free black lung screenings offered at Pipestem State Park
WVNS Bluefield via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoPIPESTEM, WV (WVNS) — More than 10,000 people were employed as miners in the state of West Virginia...
After decades of delays and broken promises, coal miners hail rule to slow rise of black lung
Associated Press via AOL· 10 months agoA half-century ago, the nation's top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine...
