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1 lis 2020 · Given the extent of coal mining globally and its potential for a large burden of disease, the coal dust generated in mining processes is a serious threat to coal miners’ safety and health.
- A Review
We reviewed the coal dust related health studies, coal mine...
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While the anthropogenic SO 2 results from the combustion of...
- Pneumoconiosis
The risk of CWP relates to the duration and level of...
- Radiologic Overview
Respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function in coal miners:...
- A Review
Black lung disease (BLD), also known as coal workers' pneumoconiosis, [1] or simply black lung, is an occupational type of pneumoconiosis caused by long-term inhalation and deposition of coal dust in the lungs and the consequent lung tissue's reaction to its presence. [2] It is common in coal miners and others who work with coal.
16 kwi 2024 · The Labor Department has issued a new rule intended to protect coal miners from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment known as “black lung” disease.
16 kwi 2024 · Federal regulators on Tuesday issued new protections for miners against a type of dust long known to cause deadly lung ailments — changes recommended by government researchers a half-century ago....
7 lis 2023 · For decades, miners have called for limits on highly toxic silica dust, which they're exposed to while mining. An investigation shows its impact and the weakness of proposed rules to protect...
The respirable dust rule lowers the concentration of harmful respirable coal mine dust that causes black lung. It takes a comprehensive approach that includes: Increased sampling by mine operators; Use of new technology for real-time sampling results; Immediate corrective action when excessive dust levels are found
27 lut 2023 · We found that coal miners have significantly increased odds of death from CWP, COPD, and lung cancer compared with their counterparts in the U.S. population. This higher mortality has also worsened over time with modern miners facing greater risk than their predecessors.
