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Toxic air: the case for cleaning up coal-fired power plants [1]

The American Lung Association’s report "Toxic Air: The Case for Cleaning Up Coal-fired Power Plants" documents the range of hazardous air pollutants emitted from coal-burning power plants and the urgent need to clean them up to protect public health.  The report details the dangerous mix of toxic air pollutants that flow from the stacks of uncontrolled coal burning power plants and the health harm associated with these pollutants. The report also discusses the technologies that are available for dramatically cutting these emissions—technologies that are commercially available and proven to work.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2011
American Lung Association [2]
Tags:
Air Pollution [3], Health Effects [4], Thermal Power Plants [5], Coal [6], United States Of America (US) [7]
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