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Study shows surface coal miners are exposed to toxic dust that causes black lung

Study shows surface coal miners are exposed to toxic dust that causes black lung

Appalachian coal miners at surface mines are consistently overexposed to the toxic silica dust linked to black lung, according to new research from NIOSH.
MSHA comment period shows divide on measures to protect miners health

MSHA comment period shows divide on measures to protect miners health

MSHA issued the request for comment following an NPR/PBS Frontline investigation that found the agency had failed to adequately protect miners despite knowing that silica dust was contributing to an epidemic of black lung disease.
Ill nuclear workers' benefits petitions have to be reviewed within 6 months. Some have languished a decade.
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Ill nuclear workers' benefits petitions have to be reviewed within 6 months. Some have languished a decade.

A petition filed by a Los Alamos worker has been in limbo for 10 years. At the Savannah River Site, a petition has lingered for 11 years. At Sandia National Laboratories, workers have been waiting seven years for a final decision.
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