Open AccessBetween a rock and a healthy place.
Author(s) -
B E Fisher
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.98106a544
Subject(s) - mandate , coal mining , mine safety , agency (philosophy) , mining industry , business , surface mining , occupational safety and health , administration (probate law) , environmental health , environmental planning , mining engineering , coal , medicine , engineering , political science , environmental science , waste management , law , philosophy , epistemology
The Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 consolidated all federal health and safety regulations of the mining industry-coal as well as noncoal mining-under a single mandate administered by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). Today, the agency is striving to reduce the environmental health risks associated with mining.
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