(Coal mining dangers)

1/4 [1]

( 80% [2]) 2004

6,000 [3]

data: Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration
chart: Tom Blumer

()
credit: Economist.com

BBC News



(asphyxia) (pneumoconiosis black lung disease)
4.5% [4]
(methane, CH4 ) (H2 S)

Lackawanna, Pennsylvania
credit: Wally Gobetz

Silver Plume, Colorado

credit: John Bencina

2007
credit: REUTERS

1 3-4 [5] 10,000
10,2000 720 500 [6] Clean Air Task Force
(fine particle pollution) [7]

credit: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

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US Energy Information Administration

China Daily, Nov 2004
China Labour Bulletin, Jan 2006
Abelard
Climate Crisis
Union of Concerned Scientists
Clean Air Task Force
Dr. Roppon Picha
Advanced Technology Division
Research and Development Group
Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology
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