[link|http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2006/02/16/reece/|http://www.grist.org...2006/02/16/reece/]


Moving Mountains
Mountaintop-removal mining is devastating Appalachia

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Alongside this ecological devastation lies an even more ominous human dimension: an Eastern Kentucky University study found that children in Letcher County, Ky., suffer from an alarmingly high rate of nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, and shortness of breath -- symptoms of something called blue baby syndrome -- that can all be traced back to sedimentation and dissolved minerals that have drained from mine sites into nearby streams. Long-term effects may include liver, kidney, and spleen failure, bone damage, and cancers of the digestive tract. "

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long article about coal-mining.

I do agree with mmoffit's posting, however. Long hours, constant stress, and junk-food finally take their toll. I'm thinkin' Arby's, indeed.