Berkeley Springs Film Festival Showcases Cinema
The Berkeley Springs Film Festival is showcasing both local projects and international movies in the Eastern Panhandle this weekend.
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 NewsUnder the new plan, mines will be inspected more frequently and will be required to abate silica dust that exceeds what federal law allows.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA new study links the epidemic of severe lung disease among coal miners to toxic silica dust. The findings echo a 2018 investigation by NPR and the PBS show Frontline.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA 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 especially toxic form of dust created when mining equipment cuts into rock layers near coal seams.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOfficials with the Mine Safety and Health Administration met for the first time with miners’ health researchers Wednesday in a new partnership designed to…
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