National Academies Comments on Study on Potential Health Risks of Living Near Coal Mines
August 21, 2017
August 21, 2017
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine issued the following statement:
In an August 18 letter, the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement informed the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that it should cease all work on a study (http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/projectview.aspx?key=49846) of the potential health risks for people living near surface coal mine sites i . . .
In an August 18 letter, the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement informed the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that it should cease all work on a study (http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/projectview.aspx?key=49846) of the potential health risks for people living near surface coal mine sites i . . .