Data point for your edification

["Neil, David M" <neildm@id.doe.gov>]

U.S. utility pollution kills 5,900 a year, says study 

...

Airborne pollution from the coal-fired plants also was blamed for about

140,000 asthma attacks and 14,000 cases of acute bronchitis annually,

according to a report from a group headed by Eric Schaeffer. 

...



http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/04/04182002/reu_46967.asp

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