The long-awaited rule will limit miners’ exposure to the dangerous dust, which can lead to incurable and debilitating lung disease. The Biden administration unveiled a final mining rule Tuesday that ...

A dangerous lung disease called silicosis is rapidly spreading among workers who cut and shape engineered stone. This ...

Many thanks to reporter Camilo Fonseca for his reporting on the growing incidence across the country of silicosis, which has reached the Massachusetts stone countertop industry in the case of a worker ...

Exposure to mixed coal mine dust that contains silica — a carcinogen — can lead to the development of pneumoconiosis, commonly known as black lung disease. (Getty Images) The U.S. House Appropriations ...

CHARLESTON — A federal rule to limit coal miners’ exposure to dangerous silica dust — which was set to go into effect next week after already being delayed for months — is expected to be further ...