Health risks high for eastern KY residents in mining communities | Kentuckians For The Commonwealth

Health risks high for eastern KY residents in mining communities

Ronnie Ellis
March 16, 2013
Ashland Daily Independent

A new health report by Dr. Michael Hendryx finds that people who live near mountaintop removal mining sites in Floyd County have significantly higher cancer death rates and suffer a higher incidence of other diseases than residents in other Kentucky Appalachian counties where mountaintop removal doesn’t occur.

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