The Silent Epidemic : Coal and the Hidden Threat to Health.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Linking Coal and Health -- Clean Coal -- Advice to Readers -- References -- Chapter 2. Coal -- References -- Chapter 3. The Pollutants -- Overview of Exposure to Hazardous Air Pollutants -- Hazardous Air Pollutants and the Clean Air Act -- Mercury -- References -- Chapter 4. From Mine to Ash -- Mining Coal -- Washing Coal -- Transporting Coal -- Burning Coal -- Disposing of Waste -- References -- Chapter 5. Mitigation of Pollutants from Burning Coal -- Pollutants Other Than Carbon Dioxide -- Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage -- References -- Chapter 6. Pathophysiology: How Pollution Damages Cells and Tissues -- The Central Role of the Lung -- Reactive Oxygen Species and Oxidative Stress -- Air Pollutants and the Central Nervous System -- Resistance to Oxidative Stress -- Ozone, and Oxides of Nitrogen and Sulfur -- Mercury -- References -- Chapter 7. Basic Health Considerations -- Lessons from Evidence-Based Medicine -- Effects of Pollutants on General Health -- The Bottom Line -- References -- Chapter 8. Diseases of the Respiratory System -- Asthma -- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema -- Cancer of the Lung and Bronchus -- Coal Workers ' Pneumoconiosis or Black Lung Disease -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 9. Diseases of the Cardiovascular System -- Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease -- Controlled Studies of Humans and Animals -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 10. Diseases of the Nervous System -- The Brain and Pollution -- Cerebral Vascular Disease -- Effects of Mercury -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 11. Health Effects on the Horizon -- Particulates and Neurodegenerative Disease -- Air Pollution and Diabetes Mellitus -- Are Diabetes and Alzheimer ' s Disease Linked? -- References.

Chapter 12. Coal, Global Warming, and Health -- The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming -- Global Warming and Health -- Effects on Agriculture and the Food Supply -- Coastal Flooding -- Global Warming and Air Quality -- Science, Perception, and Global Warming -- References -- Chapter 13. Energy and Health Care Economics -- Estimating Health Impacts -- Specific Cost - Benefit Analyses -- Do It Yourself Cost Analysis -- What's Not Here -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 14. Policy Implications -- Rulemaking - Agency Actions -- Rulemaking - Legal Actions -- The Clean Air Act and Air Quality Standards -- The Role of Physicians -- Policy Objectives -- Final Thoughts -- References -- Glossary -- Index.

Why our dependence on coal-produced energy is bad for our health: a physician maps the connections of burning coal to death and disease.

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