Environmental Health Aspects of Energy Production and Utilization

20 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ASPECTS OF ENERGY PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION 

The greatest impact of all the energy production and utilization activities has to do with coal. All aspects of coal have important environmental health implications. 

Mercury, a potent neurotoxin, is released during the combustion of coal. This mercury poses some direct threat to human health. Various species of wildlife are subject to harm from this mercury. Some long-lived fish species tend to accumulate levels of mercury that are potentially harmful 

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