The U.S. Geological Survey has found high levels of toxic compounds in soil and water around mountaintop-removal mining sites in central Appalachia, a potentially groundbreaking finding with human health consequences. After a year of testing air, water and soil, researchers concluded that people in mountaintop mining communities in southern West Virginia live in an environment […]
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