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• Investigation into Dust Exposures and Mining Practices in Mines in the Southern Appalachian Region
  2/1/2009 - Conference papers
  This paper presents the results to date of a NIOSH investigation into the possible causes that would account for the observed higher trends in CWP disease progression through review, data analysis, and in-mine surveying.
• Filter Media and Holder Compatible with Personal Dust Monitor and End-of-Shift Crystalline Silica Quantification by Raman and FTIR Spectroscopy
  2/22/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with Desert Research Institute to find alternative filter media and redesign the filter holder for the continuous personal dust monitorto make the filter compatible with end-of-shift respirable crystalline silica quantification.
• Respiratory Diseases
  9/3/2021 - Research areas
  This page summarizes how NIOSH is addressing respiratory diseases in the mining industry.
• Respirable Dust
  10/16/2020 - Research areas
  Respirable Dust Topic Page
• Using Real-Time Respirable Dust Monitors to Address the Silica Health Hazard in Mining
  7/7/2020 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  A trade publication article detailing NIOSH's work on the advancement of real-time dust monitors to lower exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust.
• Reducing Silica and other Respirable Hazards in the Industrial Minerals and Metal/Nonmetal Mining Industries
  2/18/2020 - Research projects
  A project to develop control interventions to reduce occupational exposure to silica and other respirable dusts in metal/nonmetal mines and mills.
• Respirable Dust Control Methods on Continuous Mining Operations
  3/15/2017 - Research projects
  A project to develop and evaluate control technologies to reduce respirable dust exposures for operators of roof bolters and continuous mining machines.
• CPDM Helps Coal Miners Avoid Hazardous Dust
  12/30/2016 - Promotional materials
  Find out how the continuous personal dust monitor (CPDM) is being used to reduce exposure to black lung-causing coal dust.
• Differential Activation of RAW 264.7 Macrophages by Size-Segregated Crystalline Silica
  12/1/2016
  This article by NIOSH examines the particle characteristics of crystalline silica that enable the process leading to silicosis.
• Respirable Dust Control for Surface Mines
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to reduce respirable silica dust exposure in surface mines through improved understanding of dust generation and transport, improvement of current control technologies, and development of new control technologies.