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Death to Coughy
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18 Apr 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Death to Coughy Almost 6,000 people will die prematurely from respiratory illness due to emissions from power plants owned by eight utility companies that the Clinton administration sued for violating the Clean Air Act, according to a private report released yesterday. In addition to the deaths, the report predicted that the pollution would lead to 140,000 asthma attacks and 14,000 ca ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, health, Midwest, politics, pollution and waste, South (all these topics) |
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