Appalachian Voices Sees a Missed Opportunity With New Rule to Protect Miners From Black Lung Disease
April 18, 2024
April 18, 2024
NORTON, Virginia, April 18 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on April 17, 2024:
Yesterday the Biden administration's Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that it finalized a rule to protect miners from respirable silica -- a significant driver of the resurgence of black lung disease in Central Appalachia. The rule maintains the provision in the draft rule that creates a separate, enforceable silica standard and cuts the amount of silica dust a miner . . .
Yesterday the Biden administration's Mine Safety and Health Administration announced that it finalized a rule to protect miners from respirable silica -- a significant driver of the resurgence of black lung disease in Central Appalachia. The rule maintains the provision in the draft rule that creates a separate, enforceable silica standard and cuts the amount of silica dust a miner . . .