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STOKING FIRE: Mountaintop Coal Mining Leads to Birth Defects, Respiratory Illness and Other Health Problems

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by Eleanor J. Bader, RH Reality Check

September 2, 2011 - 11:03am (Print)

As mountaintop removal [MTR] has horned-in on underground mining, the health maladies of residents of eastern Kentucky, southwest Virginia, eastern Tennessee, and southwest West Virginia—Appalachia—have begun to pile up.

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Waiting For Results: When Ultrasounds Just Aren't Perfect

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by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

August 30, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)

When you think that something is wrong with your future child, the waiting can hurt more than the results.

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Does Bob Marshall Still Think Birth Defects Are Natural Consequences?

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by Rachel Larris

February 23, 2010 - 6:43pm (Print)

Trying to "fix" his comments that abortion leads to birth defects by justifying them with faulty "evidence," Virginia Delegate Bob Marshall is digging an ever-larger political hole.
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