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Law’s Sharona Hoffman urges mining industry to self-regulate to protect workers from black lung

Media | September 29, 2026 | Story by: Editorial Staff

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Bloomberg: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, said the mining industry should embrace self-regulation to protect workers from black lung. “Instead of suing over efforts to protect miners, they should be doing so themselves," she said. 

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