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  2. Health effects of coal ash - Wikipedia

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    A coal-fired power plant with ash ponds. Coal ash, also known as coal combustion residuals (CCRs), is the mineral residue that remains from burning coal. Exposure to coal ash and to the toxic substances it contains may pose a health risk to workers in coal-fired power plants and residents living near coal ash disposal sites.

  3. Health and environmental impact of the coal industry - Wikipedia

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    EPA estimated that about 300 dry landfills and wet storage ponds are used around the country to store ash from coal-fired power plants. The storage facilities hold the noncombustible ingredients of coal, including the ash captured by equipment designed to reduce air pollution. [26] In the low-coal-content areas waste forms spoil tip. [citation ...

  4. Coal combustion products - Wikipedia

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    Photomicrograph made with a scanning electron microscope and back-scatter detector: cross section of fly ash particles. Fly ash, flue ash, coal ash, or pulverised fuel ash (in the UK)—plurale tantum: coal combustion residuals (CCRs)—is a coal combustion product that is composed of the particulates that are driven out of coal-fired boilers together with the flue gases.

  5. Black lung disease - Wikipedia

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    Black lung disease (BLD), also known as coal workers' pneumoconiosis, [1] or simply black lung, is an occupational type of pneumoconiosis caused by long-term inhalation and deposition of coal dust in the lungs and the consequent lung tissue's reaction to its presence. [2]

  6. Renewed Los Angeles wildfire threat could blow more toxic ash ...

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    The Los Angeles wildfires have robbed many Southern California residents not only of their homes but also of the great outdoors, sending toxic ash and unhealthy air to breathe into areas around ...

  7. Coal dust - Wikipedia

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    For use in thermal power plants, coal is ground into dust using a device called a powdered coal mill. [1] The resulting product, called powdered coal or pulverized coal, is then generally used in a fossil fuel power plant for electricity generation. Pulverized coal is a significant dust explosion hazard, as large quantities are suspended in air ...

  8. Everything you need to know about the Mayo Clinic diet - AOL

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    The Mayo Clinic diet, a program that adheres to this notion, was developed by medical professionals based on scientific research, so you can trust that this program is based on science, and not ...

  9. Why We’re Lucky to Have Lived in the Age of David Lynch - AOL

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    C igarettes, coffee, candy. According to legend, and to people who spent time with him, these were the things David Lynch would fuel up on, substances that kept him going and contributed to the ...