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“After years of careful study and delays, I applaud Assistant Secretary Joe Main and Secretary Solis’ effort to seriously address the scourge of black lung disease among our nation’s coal miners. The large number of miners still getting sick every year proves that current protections are woefully out of date. When fully phased in over the next two years, these new standards will not only save lives and provide for better monitoring technology of coal dust, but they will reduce the cost of federal disability program for black lung because fewer miners will be contracting this debilitating disease.”
New Coal Dust Protections Will Save Lives, Reduce Preventable Black Lung Disease, Says Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, said that a new proposed rule to reduce the amount of coal dust miners breathe in and to provide better monitoring of coal dust is long overdue and will save lives. According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, more than 10,000 miners have died from black lung in the last decade and young miners are still contracting the debilitating condition.“After years of careful study and delays, I applaud Assistant Secretary Joe Main and Secretary Solis’ effort to seriously address the scourge of black lung disease among our nation’s coal miners. The large number of miners still getting sick every year proves that current protections are woefully out of date. When fully phased in over the next two years, these new standards will not only save lives and provide for better monitoring technology of coal dust, but they will reduce the cost of federal disability program for black lung because fewer miners will be contracting this debilitating disease.”
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