Worse Cancer Mortality Seen in Association With Exposure to Coal Operations

Summary: Working in coal or just living near a coal plant is strongly linked to a higher chance of dying from cancer. Researchers from the American Cancer Society reviewed 45 different articles to understand the risks. They found that every single study looking at people who live near coal operations showed an increase in cancer deaths. The same deadly link was found for coal workers in all recent studies.

The researchers warn that rolling back environmental protections is a bad idea. Less protection means more cancer-causing pollution in the air and water. This doesn't just cost lives; it also hurts the local economy by creating massive medical bills and causing people to die before their time. In a funny twist, one of the authors who helped write this warning about coal actually gets paid coal royalties from land they inherited!

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