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Coal Miners Testify For U S To Lower Silica Dust Exposure Limit - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Silica dust is driving a surge in new black lung cases, causing more severe forms of the disease and in younger miners.

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Coal miners plead with feds for stronger enforcement during emotional hearing on black lung rule

Coal miners plead with feds for stronger enforcement during emotional hearing on black lung rule
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WV leads nation in use of program to move miners to low-dust environment amid black lung rise, but underuse persists

Jerry Coleman can only take half a breath. His lungs are irrevocably scarred after a nearly four-decade mining career.

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Rule Aims to Curb Black Lung, But Still Relies on Self-Oversight

Advocates hail effort to limit silica dust exposure, but say more needs to be done. No hearings are scheduled in Appalachia.

West virginiaUnited statesGary harristonCourtney rhoadesWillie dodsonAppalachian citizen law centerHealth administrationKentucky coal associationCoal companies still responsible for dust monitoringNational black lung associationMine safetyCompanies still responsibleCentral appalachianAppalachian voicesCentral appalachia

New rule aims to limit miners silica dust exposure but still relies on coal company self-oversight | Kentucky

Gary Harriston, 69, compares what it feels like to have coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, known commonly as black lung, to running out of air or not being able to “catch my

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