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Crystalline silica

Worker safety

DEADLY DUST: OSHA’s new silica rule will save lives

The silica rule covering 2 million construction workers is the most significant OSHA move in decades.
Worker safety

Federal OSHA’s Silica Neverland

Six years after Obama took office, workers are still waiting for protection from deadly dust.
Worker safety

OSHA silica rule: just a few more months, maybe

Exposed workers are dying, but business groups howl at the expense of prevention
Worker safety

Obama Administration quietly smothers rule to protect workers

Silica sickens 3,600 a year, but the White House has halted an OSHA rule 38 years in the making

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