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Representative Riley Moore, Republican of West Virginia, expressed relief that Mr. Kennedy had reversed the firings of more than 100 employees with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, which helps protect coal miners from black lung disease.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 14 May 2025
The monitors are needed to reduce the risk of black lung disease.
—Alexander Tin
may 13, CBS News, 13 May 2025
One coal miner in danger of developing black lung has filed a federal suit challenging the layoffs.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 1 May 2025
In his first 100 days in office, Trump's administration has decimated the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, or NIOSH, the federal institute that protects miners from black lung, and paused enforcement of a new safety rule that would lower the level of silica dust in the mines.
—Dr. Mark Abdelmalek, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 14 May 2025
The monitors are needed to reduce the risk of black lung disease.
—Alexander Tin
may 13, CBS News, 13 May 2025
One coal miner in danger of developing black lung has filed a federal suit challenging the layoffs.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 1 May 2025
In his first 100 days in office, Trump's administration has decimated the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, or NIOSH, the federal institute that protects miners from black lung, and paused enforcement of a new safety rule that would lower the level of silica dust in the mines.
—Dr. Mark Abdelmalek, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Black lung.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20lung. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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