U.S. Coal Ash Blamed for Dominican Birth Defects
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McClatchy Newspapers reports that coal ash dumped in the Dominican Republic from a Virginia-based power company has caused severe illness and birth defects in the local population. After years of repeated miscarriages, women whose blood levels show abnormal levels of arsenic are giving birth to babies with cranial deformities, with organs outside their bodies or missing limbs.
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