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Advocates to Biden admin. on silica dust rule delays: “The longer the administration waits, the more miners will suffer and die”

By Rance Garrison | June 29, 2023 |

Images shows miners wearing black lung kills t-shirts lobbying Congress

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 29, 2023 CONTACT: Trey Pollard, trey@pollardcommunications.com, 202-904-9187 COAL COUNTRY – Today, 28 groups sent a letter to the Biden Administration urging the release of a long-delayed rule to protect coal miners from exposure to respirable silica – the principal cause of the resurgence of deadly black lung disease in coal miners.…

Black Lung Resurgence Drives Push to Protect Coal Miners Against Silica Dust

By Molly Moore | March 16, 2023 |

Silica dust is behind a dramatic increase in the number of miners becoming ill with the most severe form of black lung disease.

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Advocates to Biden admin. on silica dust rule delays: “The longer the administration waits, the more miners will suffer and die”

Black Lung Resurgence Drives Push to Protect Coal Miners Against Silica Dust

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