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Need another reason to dislike our heavy use of coal?

Then I have this one word: emphysema. Chalk that up on the list that already includes mountaintop removal, black lung, thousands of dead miners from China to West Virginia, ash heaps dotting coal country, lobbyists, greenhouse gases, polluted streams, acid rain, etc.
Written by Harry Fuller, Contributor

Then I have this one word: emphysema. Chalk that up on the list that already includes mountaintop removal, black lung, thousands of dead miners from China to West Virginia, ash heaps dotting coal country, lobbyists, greenhouse gases, polluted streams, acid rain, etc. etc. etc. [poll id="159"]

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