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The University of Illinois Chicago and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied more than 235,000 coal miners who died between 1979 and 2017.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe Mine Safety and Health Administration was supposed to release its silica dust standard in January.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsIn a news conference Thursday, leadership of the National Black Lung Association defended the recently introduced Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which could permanently restore Black Lung excise tax.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn Jan. 1, the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund excise tax dropped by 50 percent. That’s because Congress allowed a higher tax rate on each ton of coal mined to expire.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe Mine Safety and Health Administration announced new steps this week to limit silica dust in coal mines. Prolonged exposure to the dust has been proven to cause black lung disease.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUnder the new plan, mines will be inspected more frequently and will be required to abate silica dust that exceeds what federal law allows.
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