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Stronger regulations needed for black lung

Editorial
July 16, 2012
The Courier-Journal

Word that the number of new black lung diagnoses has doubled in the last decade underscores the need for the Obama administration to move quickly on new, more stringent federal mine safety regulations limiting the amount of breathable coal dust found in the nation’s coal mines.

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