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"Black Lung Proposal Not Expected Until Sept. 2010" [1]

"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Obama administration doesn't plan to propose new rules aimed at ending black lung disease until September 2010, and it remains unclear if those rules will include lowering the legal limit on coal dust that causes the deadly disease."

Ken Ward Jr. reports for the Charleston Gazette December 8, 2009. [2]

Environmental Health [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Public [5]
Source: Charleston Gazette [2], 12/09/2009
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