The True Cost of Coal in China: Coal Dust Storms: Toxic Wind
Abstract | Dust is not the only makeup of China’s infamous sandstorms, which also contain toxic pollutants from coal combustion. Sandstorms can disperse coal ash – containing arsenic, selenium and lead – far from their origin in coal-industry areas to eastern China, posing health and environmental threats to Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. |
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Author | Greenpeace China, April 2011, Beijing |
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Link | http://www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/publications/reports/climate-energy/2011/coal-ash-dust-storm/ |
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