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BEAVER, W.Va. — Laboring to breathe, West Virginia coal miner Terry Lilly told federal regulators Thursday he is appreciative the U.S. government is finally considering a proposal to limit the poison...

Miners and advocates are pleading with the Mine Safety and Health Administration to ensure a proposed rule to cut the current limit for silica dust exposure has strict enforcement mechanisms.

An estimated one in five tenured miners in Central Appalachia has black lung disease; one in 20 has the most disabling form of black lung.

Workers say the new rule will mean nothing if there arent strict enforcement mechanisms in place to ensure companies comply.

Dozens of miners and advocates in West Virginia pleaded for stricter enforcement of poisonous silica dust exposure rules as black lung conditions have surged over the years.

Workers say the new rule will mean nothing if there arent strict enforcement mechanisms in place to ensure companies comply.

Longtime Democratic lawmaker Mike Caputo will not run for reelection next year, he announced Wednesday.

During an emotional, hours-long hearing, miners spoke about their fear of retaliation for speaking up about unsafe dust levels.

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Miners and advocates are pleading with the Mine Safety and Health Administration to ensure a proposed rule to cut the current limit for silica dust exposure has strict enforcement mechanisms.