Wednesday, 23 August 2017

Trump team orders scientists to stop research into health effects of coal mining

Trump team orders scientists to stop research into health effects of coal mining

Donald Trump’s Department of the Interior has told the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to stop studying the effects of coal mining on health.  A branch of the interior department – the office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement – was funding an inquiry into the potential correlation between increased human health risks and living near surface coal mine sites in Central Appalachia. 

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