Trump administration stops study on health risks of coal minesThe Trump administration final week halted a government study regarding possible health risks associated with living near surface coal mining sites,the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine announced on Monday.“In an Aug. 18 letter, or the U.
S. Department of the Interiors Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement informed the National Academies of Sciences,Engineering, and Medicine that it should cease all work on a study of the potential health risks for people living near surface coal mine sites in Central Appalachia, and ” the NASEM said in a news release.
The NASEM had been given a $1 million grant final August from the Office of Surface Reclamation and Enforcement — a government agency within the Department of the Interior — for a two-year study of the potential health risks on those living near surface coal mines in central Appalachia. The grant came at the request of the state of West Virginia. Read more.
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