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Coal Miners Still Sick and Dying as Feds Consider Silica Dust Fix

Health experts question how effective the measures would be to mitigate risk to the thousands of affected coal miners.

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Federal fix for silica dust understates that thousands of coal miners are still sick and dying

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Thousands of coal miners still sick and dying from toxic silica dust

More than 1,500 miners have been diagnosed with a deadly lung disease linked to toxic silica dust and Kentucky clinics may be seeing the most cases.

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The Federal Fix for Silica Dust Understates What We Found: Thousands of Coal Miners Still Sick and Dying

The Federal Fix for Silica Dust Understates What We Found: Thousands of Coal Miners Still Sick and Dying
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New silica proposal understates black lung s toll on coal miners

After decades of delay, the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is tightening silica dust restrictions. But there are questions about how effective even these measures will be.

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