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

"… some have argued.“If you’re going to make a big portion of underground coal mining uneconomic, what does that do for employment and meeting the nation’s en …"

"… 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 …"

"… test-progressing form of the disease, known as complicated coal workers’ pneumoconiosis. James and the oldest Marcum son, Thomas, 59, have a simpler form, but Jam …"

"… 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 …"

"… er and NPR documented a recent increase in cases of deadly coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, commonly known as black lung. It highlighted rampant cheating on dust sam …"

"… 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 …"