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Coal miners have long faced risk of black lung disease. Now they're getting new protections
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoCoal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the...
New federal rule aims to limit coal miners’ exposure to silica dust, long linked to black lung...
Pennsylvania Capital-Star via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoSilica dust exposure has long been linked with black lung cases in miners, and for decades leading...
Federal officials need to act on Appalachia’s forgotten epidemic | Opinion
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIn the nation’s memory of Appalachian coal mining, black lung disease may seem like a distant part...
This proposal could further protect miners from black lung disease, if passed
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoRetired coal miner James Bounds, who has pneumoconiosis, more commonly known as “black lung,” poses...
It’s good we have new standards to prevent black lung. But they’re still too low. | Opinion
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoOpEd: We are concerned that too much of the rule is reliant on infrequent and unsupervised coal...
Kentucky coal company fined $200,000 in case of cheating on tests to protect miners
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAn Eastern Kentucky coal company that pleaded guilty in connection with cheating on tests designed...
Black lung cases surge, miners seek relief through rule proposal
Newsy via AOL· 9 months agoNew Parkway underground mine in Central City, Ky. For America's Appalachian coal mining communities,...
Not your grandfather's black lung: Federal rule seeks to save coal miners from silica dust
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWorkers may get respite from breathing the toxic dust that remains omnipresent in U.S. mining...
Pneumoconiosis
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe Risk of Breathing in Dust on the Job Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Pneumoconiosis is a lung disease caused by inhaling dust particles in the...
Lawmakers say new federal rule will protect coal miners
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoApr. 17—By CHARLES OWENS Bluefield Daily Telegraph Area lawmakers are applauding a federal rule that will help to better protect coal miners from black lung disease. The Department of Labor ...
