People near mountaintop removal mines are 50% more likely to die of cancer and 42% more likely to be born with birth defects than other Appalachians. Today, activists are rallying in D.C. to urge the EPA to do more to protect their health from mountaintop removal mining pollution. (Photo courtesy Appalachia Rising)
WOULD YOU DRINK THIS? Yes, that really is the color of tap water for Appalachian residents reeling from mountaintop removing mining. Teri Blanton should know - she's had to to deal with contaminated water for too long and is just one of many citizens from the Alliance for Appalachia who have gone to DC this week to lobby our leaders to stop this devastating mining practice. Here's where you can take a stand with them: http://ow.ly/kPHi6
They have brought with them bottle of toxic water from their streams and faucets, and their message is clear: the injustice and devastation from mountaintop removal mining has gone on too long. People across Appalachia are suffering and dying too young.
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(Photo courtesy of Green Memes and the Alliance for Appalachia)
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