At Brown's Urging, Labor Department Strengthens Silica Standards to Protect Miners
July 01, 2023
July 01, 2023
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023:
Following repeated calls from U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), today the U.S. Department of Labor announced a proposal to update federal standards to better protect miners in Ohio and around the country from health hazards related to exposure to respirable crystalline silica, or silica dust, which causes Black Lung Disease.
"For generations America's coal mi . . .
Following repeated calls from U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), today the U.S. Department of Labor announced a proposal to update federal standards to better protect miners in Ohio and around the country from health hazards related to exposure to respirable crystalline silica, or silica dust, which causes Black Lung Disease.
"For generations America's coal mi . . .