Aric Caplan"Coal's Assault on Human Health" examines coal's damaging effects on health and finds that coal pollution affects all major body organ systems and contributes to four of the five top causes of mortality in the US: heart disease, cancer, stroke, and chronic lower respiratory diseases. http://bit.ly/7Iu5Uz
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