"… s involves a proposal by federal regulators to lower miners’ exposure to dust, the cause of black lung. Public health officials warn that there has been …"

"… r Big Branch is located.“There’s no question that there will always be dust in coal mining,” Dr. Edward Petsonk, a physician and professor at West V …"

"… th Administration recently proposed a rule intended to protect miners from dust exposure, but the agency faces resistance from the mining industry, which …"

"… ners from dust exposure, but the agency faces resistance from the mining industry, which says the rule wouldn’t be effective and could have grave econom …"

"… and of big skies and broad terrain, the air pollution flowing from local industry was so palpable residents could touch it. On their hands, on their shoes …"

"… t pure carbon, classified as a possible carcinogen.Homeowners said a black dust cascaded from the plant and blanketed their lives. One mother insisted her …"

"… that the courts take action.Regulators had to see source of ‘fugitive’ dustTo this day, Houston-based Continental Carbon, Ponca City’s third largest …"

"… e only if its inspectors could witness with their own eyes the “fugitive dust” leaving the plant. Evidence of black dust found on residents’ propert …"

"… the fires. Scrap metal rolls into the rust-colored plant on the town’s industrial periphery and is melted, atomized and dried into a fine iron powder so …"

"… erburne, a 42-year-old plant electrician, sometimes told his wife how this dust piled up everywhere, she recalled. On quieter weekend shifts, he said he c …"

"… uieter weekend shifts, he said he could hear the telltale popping sound of dust sparking when it touched live electricity.In the early morning of January …"

"… rburne was called to check out a malfunctioning bucket elevator that totes dust through the plant. Near his feet, electrical wires lay exposed. When the m …"

"… ck pocket of his jeans. “I started chewing in the mines to keep the coal dust out of my mouth,” he says. Plenty of that dust still found its way to hi …"

"… he mines to keep the coal dust out of my mouth,” he says. Plenty of that dust still found its way to his lungs. For the past 30 years, he’s gotten a m …"

"… ld bane of miners known as black lung. In mid-century, when Marcum worked, dust filled the mines, largely uncontrolled. Almost half of miners who worked a …"

"… elds, Congress made a promise in 1969: Mining companies would have to keep dust levels down, and black lung would be virtually eradicated. Marcum doesn’ …"

"… o one reason the deadly disease is again on the rise. Falsification of the dust sampling used to enforce federal black lung protections was common at Uppe …"

"… rding to miners who worked at the Massey Energy operation. To measure coal dust that causes black lung, some miners wear sampling devices commonly called …"

"… that causes black lung, some miners wear sampling devices commonly called dust pumps. In order to ensure accurate monitoring, it's important that miners …"

"… stigators that wasn't the way it worked. "I was told to stay away from the dust and not do certain things while I was wearing the dust pump," Kimblinger s …"

"… g a team of lawyers and other experts to consider how to bolster coal mine dust enforcement given systemic weaknesses revealed by an investigation into th …"

"… e in filing civil and criminal cases against mining companies that violate dust standards, the communication says.The investigation by the Center and NPR …"

"… coniosis, commonly known as black lung. It highlighted rampant cheating on dust sampling by coal companies, rules riddled with loopholes and weak enforcem …"

"… eradicated after a 1969 law forced coal companies to control the amount of dust miners breathe. After declining from the 1970s through the mid-1990s, the …"

"… orts an Obama administration plan to reduce coal miners’ exposure to the dust that causes black lung, a much-anticipated Government Accountability Offic …"

"… uiring the study. No money could be used to implement a proposed coal mine dust rule until the GAO evaluated the research underpinning it, the rider said. …"

"… y found that the disease has returned amid widespread cheating on required dust sampling by some mining companies and enforcement lapses by MSHA.In Octobe …"

"… by MSHA.In October 2010, the agency proposed cutting in half the amount of dust to which miners could be exposed, but the proposal has drawn opposition fr …"