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Coal Ash: The Toxic Threat to Our Health and Environment

Coal ash contains a range of toxic constituents that are known to leach, leak, or spill out of coal ash disposal sites and adversely affect human and environmental health.

Coal Ash Toxics: Damaging to Human Health

The toxic substances found in coal ash can inflict grave damage to the human body and the environment.

Coal Ash: Hazardous to Human Health

PSR fact sheet on the health impacts of coal ash.

Coal’s Assault on Human Health

PSR’s groundbreaking medical report examines the devastating impacts of coal on the human body.

Hazardous Chemicals in Health Care

This report, produced by PSR in partnership with American Nurses Association (ANA) and Health Care Without Harm (HCWH), details the first investigation ever of chemicals found in the bodies of health care professionals.

Dirty, Dangerous and Expensive: The Truth About Nuclear Power

This thorough examination of the full life-cycle of nuclear power generation reveals nuclear power to be a dirty, dangerous and expensive form of energy that poses serious risks to human health, national security and U.S. taxpayers.

Coal’s 7 Deadly Threats poster

Download the Coal’s 7 Deadly Threats wall-size poster here.

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