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Study Links Pollution from Coal-Fired Plants to Asthma

A study released in May by the Harvard School of Public Health links

air pollution from two coal-fired power plants—in Salem and Somerset, Massachusetts—to 43,000 asthma attacks and 159 premature deaths. More than 32 million people in New England, New York, and New Jersey are exposed to plant emissions. Both plants are owned by PG&E Generating Company.

Published June 1, 2000

(2000, June 1). Study Links Pollution from Coal-Fired Plants to Asthma. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/newsbrief/study-links-pollution-coal-fired-plants-asthma

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