Monday, September 14, 2009

Coal Plant-Emitted Uranium Linked To Birth Defects In Punjab India Cities

Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant india photo Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant in n Bathinda City, Punjab, India. Image credit:PSEB India.org You might think of any given coal type as having relatively uniform properties: black, hard, carbon filled, and so on. However, dangerous mineral constituent concentration do vary widely; and, emissions of toxic constituents also vary greatly depending upon the design and operation of a combustion source. For example, some coal has trace levels of fluorides, while other deposits have highly hazardous levels of toxic fluorine compounds....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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