MSHA targets asbestos

Here they go again. MSHA has issued a proposed rule that would reduce by 20 times miners' permissible exposure limit (PEL) to asbestos. The rule would lower the current exposure limit for eight-hour work shifts from two fibers per cubic centimeter to 0.1 fibers per cubic centimeter. The proposed rule would affect miners at all metal and nonmetal mines, surface coal mines, and surface areas of underground coal mines in the United States. No word on whether or not the proposed rule does anything to separate phony asbestos lawsuits from the ones that really deserve to be heard in court. Your comment?