More support for protecting 2013s endangered Black Warrior River: Three preeminent researchers on water pollution from coal mines wrote: “Despite our extensive collective experience regarding permit applications in the coalfields of WV and KY, the Shepherd’s Bend mine is the first mining permit application that we have seen immediately adjacent to a public drinking water supply. Given the extensive literature linking surface coal mining to a variety of human health problems with enormous associated public health costs, such activity seems particularly ill advised.”
Posted on: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 23:00:01 +0000
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