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• Respirable Dust
  10/16/2020 - Research areas
  Respirable Dust Topic Page
• Exposure Monitoring of Dust and Toxic Substances
  8/31/2020 - Research areas
  Exposure Monitoring of Dust and Toxic Substances Topic Page
• Evaluation of Engineering Controls at Bagging Operations to Reduce Exposures to Respirable Crystalline Silica Dust
  8/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article that reviews available dust control technologies for bagging operations and discusses the findings of a recent case study of the current types of bagging and palletizing technologies in use.
• 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.
• Forty Years of NIOSH/USBM-developed Control Technology to Reduce Respirable Dust Exposure for Miners in Industrial Minerals Processing Operations
  6/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article highlighting a number of effective dust-control techniques that have been developed and tested by NIOSH and the USBM since the implementation of the 1977 Mine Safety and Health Act.
• Emerging Respirable Dust Sensing and Control for M/NM Mining
  4/12/2020 - Research projects
  A project to demonstrate the suitability and efficiency of monitoring and control solutions which will help to lower the respirable dust exposure of metal/nonmetal miners.
• 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.
• The Design of a Laboratory Apparatus to Simulate the Dust Generated by Longwall Shield Advances
  12/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper outlines the design parameters for a shield dust simulator.
• Developing and Improving Respirable Dust Controls in Coal Mines
  10/5/2019 - Research projects
  To develop and evaluate technologies and approaches to improve effective dust controls to reduce respirable coal mine dust (RCMD) exposures in coal mines, focusing on reducing respirable quartz dust (RQD).
• A Field Study of a Roof Bolter Canopy Air Curtain (2nd Generation) for Respirable Coal Mine Dust Control
  9/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This article describes NIOSH's testing of a 2nd generation roof bolter canopy air curtain (CAC) design at a Midwestern underground coal mine.