Coal miners have long faced risk of black lung disease. Now they’re getting new protections
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment commonly known as black lung disease, the Labor Department said Tuesday as it issued a new federal rule on miners' safety. The final rule, announced by []

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