Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Many mining activities involve exposure to silica dust. The newly finalized limits now align with the ...

Roosevelt Neal and Gary Hairston (right), members of the Fayette County Black Lung Association, sit in an office building of the U.S. Senate last May. They were visiting Washington, D.C. to speak with ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — 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 dust. The inaction ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A half-century ago, ...