Coal miners, including very young ones, have developed severe respiratory disease in recent decades due in part by silica ...
Years of work by labor and health advocates is coming to a head this week as the federal Mine Safety and Health ...
The U.S. House passed bills on natural resources and land management showing Republican dissatisfaction with Democrats' ...
Addressing a problem first identified 50 years ago, federal regulators filed new rules to limit miners’ exposure to silica ...
Tougher federal limits on miners’ exposure to toxic silica dust are creating a slew of compliance challenges for mine ...
Silica dust exposure has long been linked with black lung cases in miners, and for decades leading health experts have ...
As Labor Secretary announces rule cutting exposure limits in half.
For years, advocates for mine safety have urged the federal government to adopt strict rules around the substance that has ...
The Department of Labor recently released a new rule that significantly lowers how much silica dust is legally allowed inside ...
Coal miners can breathe at least a small sigh of relief with the new federal rule that cuts their exposure to silica dust.
The final rule lowers the permissible exposure limit of respirable crystalline silica to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air ...
For miners and other stone cutters, silica is a serious health hazard. New rules announced on Tuesday set strict limits on ...