Selected List of Recent 
Health & Cost Studies

“Self-Reported Cancer Rates in Two Rural Areas of West Virginia with and Without Mountaintop Coal Mining.” Journal of Community Health . July 2011. Michael Hendryx, et al.

“Health-Related Quality of Life Among Central Appalachian Residents in Mountaintop Mining Counties.” American Journal of Public Health. May 2011. Keith J. Zullig and Michael Hendryx.

“The Association between Mountaintop Mining and Birth Defects among Live Births in Central Appalachia, 1996–2003.” Environmental Research. May 2011. Melissa M. Ahern, et al.

“Full Cost Accounting for the Life Cycle of Coal.” Annals of the New York Academy of Science . February 2011. Paul R. Epstein, et al.

“Chronic Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Mountaintop Mining Areas of Central Appalachian States.” The Journal of Rural Health. 2011. Laura Esch and Michael Hendryx.

“Ecological Integrity of Streams Related to Human Cancer.” EcoHealth. April 2010. Timothy P. Hitt and Michael Hendryx.

“Mountaintop Mining Consequences.” Science. January 2010. Margaret Palmer, et al.

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For a longer list of studies on health impacts, including links to PDFs of the actual studies, visit the webpage of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition.