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Mapping the Health Toll of Mountaintop Removal

Environmental advocates have launched a new mapping tool that shows the health damage done to Appalachian communities by mountaintop removal coal mining. Appalachian Voices launched "The Human Cost of Coal" on its iLoveMountains.org website this week in conjunction with the annual I Love Mountains Day in Frankfort, Ky. The tool maps data from the 2010 U.S. Census, the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index and and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation to show how rates of serious health problems including cancer and birth defects are significantly higher in communities with mountaintop removal mine sites. Read More

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