Direct Links Between Coal and Birth Defect Rates in Appalacia from ilovemountains.org:

Please notice the Direct Links Between Coal and Birth Defect Rates in Appalacia from ilovemountains.org:

 Birth Defect Rates for KY, TN, VA, and WV: 1996 - 2003

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Data Sources: The Gallup-Healthways Well Being Index, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Life Expectancy and Population), National Center for Health Statistics natality data (birth defects), Extent of Mountaintop Mining in Appalachia – 2009 combined with most recent active surface mine mine permits approved since the study was completed (acreage impacted), Center for Disease Control (death rates for all cancer, chronic cardiovascular disease, lung cancer, and all causes), The 2010 US Census (poverty rate and population)

Please note the direct links between coal mining and birth defect rates in Appalacia. . ...the costs of birth defects impossible to count in human cash.   Please note also that Also http://appvoices.org/2013/03/25/americas-sadness-belt/

 Birth Defect Rates for KY, TN, VA, and WV: 1996 - 2003

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Data Sources: The Gallup-Healthways Well Being Index, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Life Expectancy and Population), National Center for Health Statistics natality data (birth defects), Extent of Mountaintop Mining in Appalachia – 2009 combined with most recent active surface mine mine permits approved since the study was completed (acreage impacted), Center for Disease Control (death rates for all cancer, chronic cardiovascular disease, lung cancer, and all causes), The 2010 US Census (poverty rate and population)

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