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Heightened rates of mortality and disease afflict coal communities

Marc Howe | October 29, 2012 | 11:46 pm Energy Australia China Coal 

A new report published in Australia has found that coal mining communities around the world suffer from elevated levels of death, disease and birth defects. The report examined 50 studies from 10 countries, including the USA, UK and China, and...

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