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• EPA Issues New Airborne Silica Regulations to Fight Increase in Black Lung Disease

  April 17, 2024

  Grace Muller

  The EPA has approved new rules limiting exposure and requiring monitoring for airborne silica for miners, which has been linked to black lung disease.

• Coal Miners Facing Increased Incidence of Black Lung Disease

  May 30, 2018

  Martha Garcia

  A new report warns of increasing cases of black lung disease among coal miners.

• Coal Miner “Black Lung Disease” Workplace Injury Claims Spiked In 2016: CDC

  December 20, 2016

  Russell Maas

  The CDC warns of an increase in black lung disease among coal miners in 2016, resulting in new regulations to control silicate dust in mines.

• Diesel Exhaust Exposure Increases Lung Cancer Risk: Study

  March 8, 2012

  Staff Writers

  A new federal study suggests that exposure to diesel exhaust could be contributing to an increase in lung cancer deaths...

• Maryland Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Over 2007 Mine Collapse

  April 20, 2010

  Staff Writers

  A lawsuit was filed last week in Maryland by the families of two coal miners who were killed in a...

• West Virginia Miners’ Families Settle Wrongful Death Lawsuit

  November 18, 2008

  AboutLawsuits

  The widows of two men killed in a 2006 West Virginia coal mine fire have settled their wrongful death lawsuits...