New study on the association between mountaintop mining and birth defects among live births in central Appalachia, 1996–2003

Abstract
Birth defects are examined in mountaintop coal mining areas compared to other coal mining areas and non-mining areas of central Appalachia. The study hypothesis is that higher birth-defect rates are present in mountaintop mining areas.

Examples of Modern Mines that Damaged Rivers & Fisheries

(Compiled by Mara Bacsujlaky for the Bristol Bay Alliance)

In the April/May 2008 issue of National Wildlife magazine senior editor Roger Di Silvestro tells us how, because an antiquated 1872 law, hard rock mining companies are able to obtain leases on public lands at ridiculously low cost and extract minerals from those lands at huge profits, and leave behind ruined natural habitat and toxic waste for cleanup at taxpayer expense.

I believe this is just one more example of corporate welfare that not only costs us money, but threatens the future of the planet.