NPR Points to Government Failures in Preventing Black Lung
Today National Public Radio (NPR) is running a powerful story by Howard Berkes, one of their investigative reporters who has been central to documenting the resurgence…
Lower Respirable Dust Standard Now Effective in U.S. Coal Mines
Today, August 1, 2016, is the effective date of the new, lower limit on coal-mine dust in American mines. This reduction is expected to reduce the…
11th Circuit Rejects Coal Industry’s Challenge to MSHA’s Dust Rule (National Mining Association v. Secretary)
Breaking news: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit rejected the coal industry’s challenge to the 2014 dust rule by the U.S. Department of…
MSHA Chief Says Black Lung is “Widespread and Underreported”
In a recent statement, the head of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Joe Main, said that black lung is “widespread and underreported.“ Main…
MSHA Data Shows 701 Miners with Black Lung from 2010 to 2015, 1 in 8 Had Less Than 15 Years in the Mines
Yesterday Ellen Smith of Mine Safety and Health News posted a must-read story, “The Terrible Numbers of Black Lung Disease,” that collects recent MSHA “Part 50”…
Audio of Don Blankenship: “Black Lung Is Not an Issue in This Industry that Is Worth the Effort”
Among the many exhibits that are being made public in the trail of former Massey Coal CEO Don Blankenship, is audio of a call in which…
NIOSH Study Shows Resurgence of Black Lung Disease Among Working Appalachian Coal Miners
New research from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has found that the rate of the most severe form of black lung among…
ACLC Clients Featured in Huffington Post Story on Black Lung
The Huffington Post is out with a story today highlighting several ACLC clients in western Kentucky who have been subjected to poor coal dust conditions, mine…
MSHA Announces Final Coal Dust Rule
For the first time since 1972, the Department of Labor has passed new respirable coal dust standards for U.S. coal mines. The updated limit, which was originally proposed…
GAO Report Agrees with Using Science, National Approach to Reduce Coal Mine Dust Exposure
The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report on MSHA’s proposal to lower the exposure limit for respirable coal mine dust. The report,…