The head of the national coal miners' union on Thursday urged the Trump adm...
PIPESTEM, W.Va. - The head of the national coal miners’ union on Thursday urged the Trump administration to impose regulation on silica dust in mines, which researchers believe is responsible for a resurgence of black lung disease in central Appalachia.
The demand from United Mineworkers of America president Cecil Roberts comes as President Donald Trump tries to pump up U.S. coal production, mainly by rolling back regulations he deems burdensome to the industry. Miners and regional health experts blame the rebound on longer hours spent in deeper parts of played-out coal mines, and the use of heavy machines that blast through layers of quartz rock and kick up large quantities of fine silica dust.
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