This USGS report provides information about the effects of coal combustion on human health. It explains the hazards associated with emissions from both large-scale coal burning electrical plants and domestic cook stoves used in developing nations. In particular, the report discusses specific instances of disease related to the emission of arsenic, fluorine, selenium, thorium, uranium, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons released by burning low-grade coal in poorly vented cook stoves in China.
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Subject: Biology, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Air Quality:Pollutants, Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Environmental Science:Waste:Radioactive Waste, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Environmental Mineralogy, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Air quality, Air quality:Pollutants Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional Health Topics: Airborne Transport Processes Theme: Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Mineralogy, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Geology, Environmental Science, Teach the Earth:Teaching Topics:Weather
