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Federal regulators could be close to releasing new limits on silica dust to protect miners

Jack Fortner drove trucks for 33 years, most of those years were on coal mines in southwest Virginia. He has black lung disease. (Credit: Roxy Todd)

Miners in Southwest Virginia have high rates of advanced black lung disease. The largest cluster of cases ever reported was in Virginia in 2018.

Now, federal regulators could be close to releasing new rules that will help protect miners, as Roxy Todd reports.

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