US government halts study on health effects of coal mining
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Re: US government halts study on health effects of coal mining
#2"But think of the freedom of speech!"
In all seriousness though, the most important bit wasn't even clarified by the article:
The agency says it is reviewing spending on all projects that cost more than $100,000.
So is it actually true and I'm supposed to be manipulated into outrage due to cherry picking this one project? Or is it false and I'm supposed to be actually outraged at this shadowy deceitful action?
Re: US government halts study on health effects of coal mining
#3"But think of the freedom of speech!" In all seriousness though, the most important bit wasn't even clarified by the article: The agency says it is reviewing spending on all projects that cost more than $100,000. So is it actually true and I'm supposed to be manipulated into outrage due to cherry picking this one project? Or is it false and I'm supposed to be actually outraged at this shadowy deceitful action?
I don't know, can you think for yourself and decide whether the issue is important to you or not?
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#4So glad POTUS did this. It is a huge waste of money to find out what the general public already know. The health effects are very, very bad! The worst!
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#5What are they afraid of? It's too dark down in a coal mine to read any health studies anyway!
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#6Lysenkoism proved fruitful many unpopular subjects.
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#7Do they really need to conduct a study to determine that spewing black smoke into the air hurts human beings?
The Coal lobby must love Trump.
Glad millennials won't work for Coal or Oil.
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#8I assumed it was widely known that coal mining was hazardous to ones health. My grandfather died from black lung before I was born.
Re: US government halts study on health effects of coal mining
#9So glad POTUS did this. It is a huge waste of money to find out what the general public already know. The health effects are very, very bad! The worst!
Nah, you just clean the coal and it's fine.
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#10I assumed it was widely known that coal mining was hazardous to ones health. My grandfather died from black lung before I was born.
This study is on the health risks of surface coal mining (also known as mountaintop removal) on the surrounding communities, not on the miners. As the article notes there is some evidence of unusually high lung cancer and birth defect rates in communities near such mines.