THE HUMAN COST OF COAL - CHILDREN DYING OF LUNG CANCER, BIRTH DEFECTS

 

There's a common saying in Appalachia: what we do to the land, we do to the people. Recently, 21 peer-reviewed scientific studies have confirmed the truth of those words.

Not only has mountaintop removal permanently destroyed more than 500 Appalachian mountains, but people living near the destruction are 50% more likely to die of cancer and 42% more likely to be born with birth defects compared with other people in Appalachia.

http://ilovemountains.org/the-human-cost