The Environmental Protection Agency has continued to make progress on its residential cleanup of the Colorado Smelter Superfund Site and hopes to continue discussions and educate homeowners who have ...

A display case at NIOSH shows a normal lung and a diseased black lung, caused by inhaling coal dust and other harmful particles while coal mining. Howard Berkes NPR A Kentucky coal company and one of ...

The city will soon begin testing soil and dust at Tustin residents’ homes for any asbestos or lead emitted from the burnt north hangar at the Marine Corps Air Station, after previously focusing on ...

WESTFIELD — Representatives from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry are coming to Westfield this week to conduct another round of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) data ...

An Eastern Kentucky coal mine cheated on dust sampling designed to protect workers from disabling and deadly black lung disease, a federal grand jury has charged. The grand jury on Wednesday indicted ...

In a breakthrough study published in Scientific Reports, scientists have uncovered a crucial, often-overlooked hazard in coal mine dust—agglomerates hiding harmful silica particles. These microscopic ...

FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. — A Harlan County, Ky. man will spend time in prison for lying about fake coal dust samples sent to federal regulators. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of ...