The Labor Department began studying silica and its impact on workers' health nearly a century ago, but the focus on stopping ...

Coal miners can breathe at least a small sigh of relief with the new federal rule that cuts their exposure to silica dust.

According to a recent release, the rule sets the permissible exposure limit for silica dust at 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air over an 8-hour work shift. If this is exceeded, mining operators ...

Addressing a problem first identified 50 years ago, federal regulators say stricter new rules to limit miners' exposure to ...

Andrew Gilmour is Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights and Head of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in New York. The Rules are based on an ...

Coal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of ...