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Mine safety advocates agree new silica dust rule is progress, but some worry it’s not enough
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoIt was a celebratory moment years in the making when acting Labor Secretary Julie Su, flanked by...
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 are getting new protections from silica dust linked to black lung disease
Associated Press via AOL· 1 month 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· 1 month agoSilica dust exposure has long been linked with black lung cases in miners, and for decades leading...
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...
Labor Department proposes silica exposure rule sought by Appalachian Democrats
The Hill via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe Labor Department on Friday issued a proposed rule on exposure to silica dust, a compound linked...
Biden administration finalizes long-delayed rule on silica dust exposure
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe Labor Department on Tuesday issued long-awaited rules governing acceptable levels of exposure to...
After decades of delays and broken promises, coal miners hail rule to slow rise of black lung
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA half-century ago, the nation's top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine...
Engineered stone counter tops are killing workers at high rates. What can consumers do about it?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSilicosis, a disease caused by silica dust produced when workers cut and grind engineered stone, is...
Tennessee Supreme Court weighs how broadly to apply industry protection law to coal ash cases
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIf I hit you with a brick, does Tennessee's silica law protect me from being sued? That fantastical...