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![An X-ray image of an Appalachian coal miner with black lung lesions.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Forehand-Lung-with-opacities-outlined-1-e1531342312952-900x422.jpg)
After decades of delays and broken promises, coal miners hail a rule to slow the rise of black lung
By: Leah Willingham | Matthew Daly | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A half-century ago, the nation’s top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine safety to adopt strict rules protecting miners from poisonous rock… Read More
![Jerry Coleman stands in a parking lot. His shirt has the words "Black Lung Kills" on it.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Jerry-Coleman-mined-coal-for-thirty-seven-years.-Now-he-has-black-lung-e1654610723406-900x422.jpeg)
Black lung patients and advocates urge mine safety officials to update silica dust standards
By: Katie Myers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Ohio Valley ReSource · Black lung patients, advocates urge mine safety officials to update silica dust standards CABIN CREEK, W.Va. (OVR) — Jerry Coleman mined West Virginia coal underground for… Read More
![Metallurgical coal sits in a pile after being loaded onto a barge at the SunCoke Energy Partners LP Ceredo Terminal in Ceredo, West Virginia](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gettyimages-682310660-edit_slide-72905c2d5cb7c3e31d5767e2fa3c30b500b11014-scaled-e1649884912760-900x422.jpg)
Researchers say they’ve linked silica dust directly to severe black lung disease
By: Robert Benincasa | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Exposure to a toxic rock dust appears to be “the main driving force” behind a recent epidemic of severe black lung disease among coal miners, according… Read More
![West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin with miners on Capitol Hill.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Manchin-e1557424684732-900x422.png)
Lawmakers, Union Urge Mine Safety Regulators to Act on Silica Dust
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (OVR) — A group of Ohio Valley senators says a watchdog agency’s recent report shows that federal regulators must do more to protect coal miners from silica dust, an… Read More
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Inspection Set For West Virginia Tunnel That Cost Hundreds Of Lives
By: Associated Press
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GAULEY BRIDGE, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia tunnel where hundreds of construction workers died from silica-choked passageways is set to undergo its first inspection in more than 80 years…. Read More
![An X-ray image of an Appalachian coal miner with black lung lesions.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Forehand-Lung-with-opacities-outlined-1-e1531342312952-900x422.jpg)
Federal Agency to Hear Comment on Silica Dust as Black Lung Epidemic Rages
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The Mine Safety and Health Administration will host a public meeting Thursday as it considers action on regulating respirable silica, one of the major contributors to Appalachia’s skyrocketing rates of… Read More