Republicans in the U.S. House inserted language in a Labor Department budget bill on Tuesday that would kill a proposed rule intended to increase protections for coal miners from dust linked to pneumoconiosis, the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) reported.The center's news service, iWatch News, reported that Democrats on the House Appropriations committee are objecting to language that would prevent the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) from cutting allowable dust levels in half and eliminating reports from coal-mining companies derived from five-sample averages.CPS and Na...
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