Resources: Scientific Studies

Preliminary Toxicological Analysis of the Effect of Coal Slurry Impoundment Water on Human Liver Cells.  Joseph E. Bunnell.  U.S. Geological Survey.  U.S. Department of the Interior. Open-File Report 2008-1143.  Reston, Virginia. 2008

Well Water Quality in the Vicinity of a Coal Slurry Impoundment Near Williamson, WV.  Ben M. Stout III, PhD.  Wheeling Jesuit University. December 10, 2004.  Online at www.sludgesafety.org/what_me_worry/wju_report.pdf

Early Deaths: West Virginians Have Some of the Shortest Life Expectancies in the United States. A Report by West Virginians for Affordable Health Care.  Based on a 2008 report from Harvard researchers.  Online at www.WVAHC.org

"Relations Between Health Indicators and Residential Proximity to Coal Mining in West Virignia."  Michael Hendryx, PhD, and Melissa M. Ahem, PhD. American Journal of Public Health.  April 2008, Vol98, No.4.

"Hospitalization Patterns Associated with Appalachian Coal Mining."  Michael Hendryx. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Taylor and Francis,2008. ISSN: 1528-7394 print/ 1087-2620 online.

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