Federal regulation capping toxic airborne silica has been decades in the making. The delay has cost miners dearly. By Chris Hamby Chris Hamby first reported on efforts to protect miners amid a ...
The Biden administration agreed Tuesday to limit workers' exposure to toxic silica dust, a common byproduct in U.S. mining operations. The federal rule will reduce the allowable level of silica ...
The long-awaited rule will limit miners’ exposure to the dangerous dust, which can lead to incurable and debilitating lung disease. The Biden administration unveiled a final mining rule Tuesday ...
The Biden administration on Friday took steps to limit both oil and gas drilling and mining in Alaska, angering state officials who said the restrictions will cost jobs and make the U.S. reliant ...
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Medical experts say data is still short on the full extent of diseases tied to silica dust — silicosis, lung cancer and black lung. The new rule will impose safeguards and collect data about ...
US exchange traded funds that invest directly in bitcoin are building up stores of digital assets they did not buy and cannot sell after inadvertently receiving them as “gifts” attached to ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment commonly ...
The Biden administration agreed Tuesday to limit workers' exposure to toxic silica dust, a common byproduct in U.S. mining operations. The federal rule will reduce the allowable level of silica dust ...