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Coals True Cost: 100,000+ Deaths A Year In India
Coal's True Cost: 100,000+ Deaths A Year In India | ThinkProgress
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A report issued yesterday from Conservation Action Trust and Greenpeace India outlines the health cost of coal. Via ClimateWire:
As many as 115,000 people die in India each year from coal-fired power plant pollution, costing the country about $4.6 billion, according to a groundbreaking new study released today.
This report, by the Mumbai-based Conservation Action Trust, is the first full study of the link between fine particle pollution and health problems in India, where coal is the fuel of choice and energy demands are skyrocketing.
The findings are stunning. In addition to more than 100,000 premature deaths, it links millions of cases of asthma and respiratory ailments to coal exposure. It counts 10,000 children under the age of 5 as fatal victims last year alone.
I didnt expect the mortality figures per year to be so high, said Debi Goenka, executive trustee of the Conservation Action Trust.
115,000 people die earlier than they should because of coal pollution 10,000 children.
Millions of cases of breathing problems from fossil fuel addiction.
Coal's True Cost: 100,000+ Deaths A Year In India | ThinkProgress
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