ApocaDocs: Dust from coal trucks poses Appalachian health threat -- study

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Posted Sat Apr 25 2009: from Greenwire:


	Dust from coal trucks poses Appalachian health threat -- study http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1240666489 Coal trucks rumbling through neighborhoods in southwest Virginia are trailing dust clouds that violate federal pollution standards, according to a report that advocacy groups released yesterday. The study (pdf) conducted by North Carolina State University for the Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards and the Sierra Club analyzed airborne dust along the roads of Roda in Wise County, where trucks haul coal from several mining operations. The trucks track coal, mud and debris from the mines to the road, where it dries and turns to dust that is stirred up by other vehicles. That dust coats houses and is thought to cause respiratory and other health ailments, researchers found.

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