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Water Quality Impacts of Coal Combustion Waste Disposal in Two West Virginia Coal Mines
This report documents very high selenium and thallium in surface waters, and high levels of selenium and arsenic in groundwaters downstream from the Stacks Run Refuse Site and Albright Site, respectively, two West Virginia coal combustion waste disposal areas in surface mines. Burning coal creates several kinds of waste, depending…
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Diesel and Health in America: The Lingering Threat
Everyone has experienced it: getting hit right in the face by a cloud of acrid diesel smoke. Perhaps you were standing on a street corner when a bus or truck whizzed by. Or maybe you were standing at a bus stop or stuck behind a dump truck grinding up a…
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School Bus Particulate Matter Study
Diesel exhaust is a major source of combustion particles that contribute to poor air quality nationwide. Since almost all school buses are operated with diesel engines, diesel engine exhaust can thus also be a source of concern, specifically with regard to exposure to children.
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Air of Injustice: How Air Pollution Affects the Health of Hispanics and Latinos
Hispanic families suffer serious health effects caused by air pollution. Studies show that the very air breathed by Hispanic Americans is likely to be harmful to their health. Latino children and adults living in polluted areas are more likely to suffer adverse health effects, such as asthma attacks. For many, the…
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Power Plant Emissions: Particulate Matter-Related Health Damages and the Benefits of Alternative Emission Reduction Scenarios
This report estimates the avoidable health effects of each of a series of alternative regulatory scenarios for power plants, focusing on the adverse human health effects due to exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5, which are particles less than 2.5 microns in diameter). This report uses the same analytical methods…
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Dirty Air, Dirty Power: Mortality and Health Damage Due to Air Pollution from Power Plants
Asthma attacks, respiratory disease, heart attacks, and premature deaths – all of these are among the serious public health problems caused by air pollution from the electric power sector. In 2000, the Clean Air Task Force, on behalf of the Clear the Air campaign, commissioned Abt Associates to quantify the…
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Not in My Lifetime: The Fight for Clean Water in Town of Pines, Indiana
This is the story of the Town of Pines, Indiana, an ordinary American town where hard-working people live and raise their families. In recent years however, the residents have discovered that their drinking water has been contaminated by coal combustion waste generated at a nearby coal-fired power plant. For at…
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Wounded Waters: The Hidden Side of Power Plant Pollution
Power plants are widely recognized as major sources of air pollutants that damage human health and the environment. Less well recognized is the damage they cause to water, both as large users and polluters. These damages are the hidden dimension of power generation pollution. Lifting the veil off this problem…
