Association between Mountaintop Mining and Birth Defects in Central Appalachia
Date Published:
Monday, May 9, 2011
Source/Author:
Melissa Ahern, et al in Environmental Research Journal
This study found that the rate of children born with birth defects was 42% higher in Appalachian communities with mountaintop coal mining than in similar non-mining communities.
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