The Environmental Protection Agency's Draft Environmental Impact Statement released in 2003 and a 2007 statement of the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Environmental Impact Statement provide information on the miles of streams affected by mountaintop removal mining and acres of mountains and forests destroyed by mountaintop removals mining.
Go to the EPA and the National Library of Medicine for details on chemicals and heavy metals found in coal slurry.
For photos of mountaintop removal visit the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition's website. Read OVEC's fact sheet to learn more about mountaintop removal.
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