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We will not find exposure to burning coal listed as the cause of death on a single death certificate, but tens of thousands of deaths from asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, heart attacks, strokes, and other illnesses are clearly linked to coal-derived pollution. As politicians and advertising campaigns extol the virtues of clean coal, the dirty secret is that coal kills. In The Silent Epidemic, Alan Lockwood, a physician, describes and documents the adverse health effects of burning coal. Coal fueled the industrial revolution and has become a major source of energy in virtually every country. Lockwoods straightforward description of coal as a health hazard is especially timely, given the barrage of marketing efforts to promote coal as part of energy independence. His message is clear and urgent: Coal-fired plants make people sick and die, particularly children and those with chronic illnesses, and they cost society huge amounts of money desperately needed for other purposes.

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Book category Books in English Medicine Medicine: general issues Public health & preventive medicine

• Full title: Silent Epidemic
• Author: Lockwood
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 248
• EAN: 9780262017893
• ISBN: 026201789X
• ID: 01200088
• Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
• Weight: 474 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 151 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 17. August 2012

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