A display case at NIOSH shows a normal lung and a diseased black lung, caused by inhaling coal dust and other harmful particles while coal mining. Howard Berkes NPR A Kentucky coal company and one of ...
An Eastern Kentucky coal mine cheated on dust sampling designed to protect workers from disabling and deadly black lung disease, a federal grand jury has charged. The grand jury on Wednesday indicted ...
In a breakthrough study published in Scientific Reports, scientists have uncovered a crucial, often-overlooked hazard in coal mine dust—agglomerates hiding harmful silica particles. These microscopic ...