The Trump administration has cut programs that protected workers from lung disease, aided those afflicted, and kept miners safe.

“I don’t regret voting for Trump,” said Anderson, who spreads crushed limestone to tamp down explosive coal dust in his mine ... locations who certified masks and respirators, developed ...

Some of its best-known work is related to mining ... one issued last year for coal miners that cuts by half the permissible exposures to poisonous silica dust. Studies have concluded that NIOSH ...

At Pipestem Resort State Park, the annual Black Lung Conference kicked off Wednesday—bringing together those on the front lines of the fight against the disease ...

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2014 photo, coal miners return on a buggy after working a shift underground at the Perkins Branch Coal Mine in Cumberland, Ky. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) NEW YORK (AP ...