coal mine lung cancer Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:08:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Clean Coal Gives Lungs Cancer in Appalachia https://www.greenoptimistic.com/clean-coal-gives-lungs-cancer-appalachia-20141020/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/clean-coal-gives-lungs-cancer-appalachia-20141020/#respond Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:08:08 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=49766 Researchers in West Virginia University recently published an article in the journal Environmental Science and Technology that tied lung cancer to coal dust released in mountaintop removal mining in the Appalachian mountains.  “It’s a risk factor, with other risk factors, that increases the risks of getting lung cancer,” study co-author and West Virginia University cancer […]

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