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Silica dust, thrown into the air while mining has contributed to a staggering rise in cases of progressive, incurable, and deadly black lung disease in America’s coal miners.
BRISTOL, Virginia – While funding to support Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan have taken much of Congress’ time in recent days, Virginia U.S. Senator Mark Warner said legislators need to find
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new silica exposure limit for U.S. miners will have additional enforcement teeth, the chief of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said Friday.
The Labor Department has issued a new rule intended to protect coal miners from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment known as “black lung” disease.