Respirable crystalline silica (RCS) is classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as a human carcinogen. [1] Occupational exposure to RCS results in adverse health effects ...

The Mine Safety and Health Administration reports that a recent sampling of respirable coal dust shows that phase II of the federal rule is having a "significantly positive" impact. Approximately 99 ...

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has announced the publication of a final rule in the Federal Register revising requirements that MSHA and the National Institute for Occupational ...

This report compares the monitoring technologies and sampling protocols currently used or required by the United States, and in similarly industrialized countries for the control of respirable coal ...

Exposure to crystalline silica ranks among the most frequent occupational exposures to a carcinogen following environmental tobacco smoke and exposure to ambient UV light (Kauppinen et al., 2000). The ...