Coal miners appear to have support from the Bush administration for a dust-detecting monitor, worn on belts, that they hope can help to eradicate black lung disease. Under pressure from miners and ...

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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 ...

NASA has a new tool for monitoring Earth’s climate, with the EMIT instrument on board the International Space Station (ISS) taking its first measurements this week. The Earth Surface Mineral Dust ...

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 ...

DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (KESQ) - The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) is taking action on expanding its dust monitoring capabilities to better understand and address dust (particulate ...